M60 Patton: The Stopgap Tank That Lasted 30 Years

The M60 Patton was never meant to be a legend. It was a stopgap, built in a hurry to answer the Soviet T-54 and T-55. But it served for more than thirty years, fought in the Middle East, and became the backbone of armies around the world. In this video: Why the U.S. Army built the M60 on the M48 design The 105 mm gun and what it changed The M60A1, the strange M60A2 "Starship", and the M60A3 How Israel used its M60s (the Magach) Its role in Operation Desert Storm Its strengths and weaknesses Archival footage: U.S. National Archives (NARA), DVIDS, Wikimedia Commons. Subscribe for more tank stories, and tell me in the comments which vehicle I should cover next. #M60Patton #ColdWar #Tanks #MilitaryHistory #TankHistory #M60