M60A1 AOS

"Holy gracious mediocre armor"

• The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. It has been called a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design. The design similarities are evident comparing the original version of the M60 and the M48A2. The United States fully committed to the MBT doctrine in 1963, when the Marine Corps retired the last (M103) heavy tank battalion. The M60 tank series became the American primary main battle tank during the Cold War, reaching a production total of 15,000 M60s. Hull production ended in 1983, but 5,400 older models were converted to the M60A3 variant ending in 1990.

• The M60 has undergone many updates over its service life. The interior layout, based on the design of the M48, provided ample room for updates and improvements, extending the vehicle's service life for over four decades. It was widely used by the US and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world, despite having been superseded by the M1 Abrams in the US military. The tank's hull was the basis for a wide variety of Prototype, utility, and support vehicles such as armored recovery vehicles, bridge layers and combat engineering vehicles. As of 2015, Egypt is the largest operator with 1,716 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with 866 upgraded units in service, and Saudi Arabia is third with over 650 units.

• The M60A1 is the first variant to feature the distinctive "needle-nose" long nosed T95E7 turret, M73A1 coaxial machine gun along with increased hull armor protection, improved hydraulics and AVDS-1790-2A TLAC engine, which gives it significantly better acceleration. M60A1 AOS (Add-On Stabilization) introduced two-plane stabilization system in 1972 for the M68 gun and the M73A1 coaxial machine gun is redesignated to M219.
  

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Features:

• Much better design than my previous M48
• Entirely new tank design (M48 - M60A1)
• Reduced part count (kinda; 600 - 400)
• Updated interior and hull armor
  

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Controls:

Trim/Yaw : Tank Control
Pitch/Roll : Turret Control

AG1: Headlights
AG2: NVM (Night Vision Mode)
AG3: Activate Commander's Cupola
AG4: Switch Ammo (APDS-HESH)
AG5: Driver's Hatch
AG6: Commander's Hatch
AG7: Loader's Hatch

Armaments:

105mm M68
- 28x Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot
- 35x High Explosive Squash Head

12.7mm M2HB on cupola mount
- 600x rounds

7.62mm M240 coaxial
- 1500x rounds

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