MILITARY · WAR MEMORIAL
M60A1 Main Battle Tank
Lexington, Nebraska
· Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles
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The M60A1 main battle tank weighs 53 tons with crew and equipment. Its armament consists of one 105 mm main gun, a 7.62 co-axial machine gun, and a .50 caliber M85 machine gun on the commander’s cupola. The hull and turret are homogeneous steel castings. It is equipped with a mounted bulldozer M9 used to clear mines and other combat-related earth moving, and the main gun is in the rear stowed position. Supported by a torsion bar suspension, the tank is powered by a 12 cylinder, air-cooled, diesel engine built by Continental, generating 750 hp at 2,400 rpm. Recommended speed is 30 mph with an average fuel consumption of 1.3 gallons per mile.
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