Vermont Military Museum - M60A3 Main Battle Tank
Bill Maloney
12/5/2009

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01 M60A3 Main Battle Tank 02 M60A3 Commander's Copula 03 M60A3 Tank Driving Lights 04 M60 Tank Driver's Position
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05 M60 Smoke Grenade Launcher 06 M60A3 Tank Tracks 07 M60A3 Main Battle Tank 08 M60A3 Main Battle Tank
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09 M60A3 Gun Turret 10 M60A3 Main Battle Tank 11 M60A3 Commander's Copula 12 M60A3 GunTurret
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13 M60A3 Tank Tracks 14 M60 Tank Drive Sprocket 15 M60 Tank Radiator Grill 16 M60A3 Main Battle Tank

M60A3 Main Battle Tank Specifications:

More M60 Main Battle Tanks at other
Military Museums in the Northeast
M60 Tank M60A2 Tank
M60 Main Battle Tank at the American Armored Foundation Museum in Danville, VA An M60A2 Tank at the American Armored Foundation Museum in Danville, VA
M60A3 Main Battle Tank M60 Tank
M60A3 Main Battle Tank at the American Armored Foundation Museum in Danville, VA M60 Tank at the Military Museum of Southern New England
M60 Tank M60 Bulldozer Tank
Another M60 Tank at the Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt, NJ An M60 Bulldozer Tank at the Vermont Military Museum in Essex Junction, VT
M60A3 Patton Tank M60A1 Main Battle Tank
An M60A3 Patton Tank at the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburgh, PA M60A1 Main Battle Tank at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY

Length: 31 feet 0 inches
Width:
11 feet 11 inches
Height:
10 feet 8 inches
Crew:
4
Weight:
58 tons
Max Speed: 30mph
Range: 310 miles
Armor: 4.25 " Frontal
Powerplant: Continental AVDS 1790-2 V12 Diesel 750hp
Fuel Capacity: 280 gallons
Armament:
 
105mm Gun M68
 
7.62 Coax Machine Gun
 
Browning 50cal M2 Machine Gun
Entered Service: 1960
Unit Cost: $

Here's a Youtube video of an M60 tank on the the range with a good tour of its interior. One more M60 Main Battle Tank video. This next snippet is of the AAF Museum's M60A2 tank crushing a Ford Taurus.

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