Wednesday, January 6, 2010

M-60 Turret

Three crew members occupy the M-60’s roomy turret, with the gunner on the right, the commander seated behind him, and the loader on the left side of the 105mm gun.1 The small commander's cupola mounts an M-85 .50 caliber machine gun with 900 rounds of ammunition. Fire control includes an M21 ballistic computer, AN/VVG-2 laser rangefinder, AN/VSG-2 thermal sights, and Mercury-Cadmium-Telluride (HgCdTe) IR detector for passive night and dust vision.2

1. Patton-mania: M60 Patton

2. FAS Military Analysis Network: M60 Series Tank

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