Who is the manufacturer,,,and what is its designation numbers ? And era ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_Patton#M60A1

Cezar.

Not an armor guy,,,but I have been putting some armor on my web site walkarounds,,,,, This one was taken at a local Memorial Park,,,,,, : )

with the (much) modified M-48 based turret.
The later M-60A1 and A3 versions had a longer more boxy turret.
It also has the later style air cleaner boxes, probably an ex Guard or Reserves tank.
(I crewed on those for 3 years)

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We have a very large reserve base very close by. So your saying it isnt an M-60 A1 ?

it's NOT an M-60A1, but the earlier plain old M-60.

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Its the original M60 that used a turret similar to the M48 but with the 105mm gun.

here is a real A1 for comparison...



As you can see the M60A1 turret is longer and narrower, although the chassis is essentially the same.

The original Slick 60 turret had the lift ring centered on the turret roof behind the mantlet with a left and right ring on the back corners of the turret, just like the M48 turret that it was patterned off of.

The second style Slick 60 turret had the turret lifting rings in the same spot as the M60A1 turret; a lift ring on the front corners of the turret, to the left and right of the mantlet and the third ring was centered on the rear turret roof, behind the loader and commander's hatches.

Compare the top photo with the photo linked from Patton-Mania.com and you will see the location of the turret lift rings and how they differ.

It had been so long since I heard the term "Slick 60" that I'd forgotten it.
I knew we had a term for back then, but I couldn't for the life of me remember it.

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the Slick 60 was used in the Army National Guard into the late 80s, perhaps even into the early 90s. In the active army, it was most likely replaced by the M60A1 by the end of the 1960s.

RobG

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The M60A1 was coming on strong, but when I left in late 1969 about 1/3 the of the 3rd BGD tanks (2/32nd and 3/32nd Armored Batt.) were Slick 60s.
Considering when the A2 Starship hit both units in 1970, THEY were what replaced the last of the Slicks.

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Some of the best years of my life, including a combat tour, were done with 3-32.

RobG

2nd Platoon, Charlie Company.
1967 - 1969 at good old Ray Barracks.

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The M60A2 turrets were built in the 1960's, then mothballed until the technical problems unearthed during testing could be resolved. When the fixes were finally implemented, the turrets were mounted onto existing M60A1 hulls, and the now redundant A1 turrets were "cascaded" down and mounted on older M60 hulls. The M60 turrets were presumably scrapped (there had been consideration of mounting them on M48 series hulls, but nothing came of that). The M60A2 "Starship" was an expensive disappointment, and was only in service a few years. Many were eventually converted to bridgelayers.