M60 by David Grummitt
The M60 was a second-generation American main battle tank, the last in the line of Patton tanks that had first been developed at the end of World War II. It entered operational service with the US Army in 1960 and some 15,000 M60s were manufactured by Chrysler at the Detroit Tank Arsenal Plant between then and when production ceased in 1983. It served with both the US Army and the US Marine Corps and was the principal tank deployed in Europe in the 'sixties, 'seventies and early 'eighties, providing NATO's main armored force at the height of the Cold War. It became one of the most widely used armored fighting vehicles of the twentieth century, serving in the armies of over 25 countries. It continued to serve alongside the M1 Abrams into the 1990s before this venerable Cold War warrior was finally retired from active service with the US military in 1997.This volume charts the development of the M60 from its origins in World War II to the Cold War. It focuses on its service with the US military and other NATO armies, examining its combat service in the First Gulf War and also with other armies in the Middle East. The book gives a full account of the wide range of kits and accessories available in all the popular scales and a modeling gallery features builds covering a range of M60s in service with various armed forces. Detailed color profiles provide both reference and inspiration for modelers and military enthusiasts alike.-
Chieftain
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Centurion
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Cromwell and Centaur Tanks
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Tank Craft 42 JagdTiger Heavy Tank Destroyer
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Panzer III German Army Light Tank
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M48 Patton
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Challenger 1
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Sherman Tanks, US Army, North-Western Europe, 1944-1945
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Panther Medium Tank
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Scorpion and Scimitar
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Leopard 2
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Tiger I
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Tank Destroyer
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Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks, German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the West, 1945
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Hetzer - Jagdpanzer 38 Tank Destroyer
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Panther German Army Medium Tank
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Tiger I, German Army Heavy Tank
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Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks
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Panther Tanks: Germany Army Panzer Brigades
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Challenger 2
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Sherman Tank Canadian, New Zealand and South African Armies
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Panzer IV, Medium Tank
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Jagdpanzer IV: German Army and Waffen-SS Tank Destroyers
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Panther: Germany Army and Waffen-SS
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M1 Abrams
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T-54/55
David Grummitt is editor of Military Modelcraft International magazine. He is also a professional historian and writer and is author of several books on late medieval warfare and of the Landcraft volume on the Stryker Interim Combat Vehicle.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781399096454 |
| ISBN 10 | 1399096451 |
| Title | M60 |
| Author | David Grummitt |
| Series | Tank Craft |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |