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Closing the post-war main battle tank segment of the arena display at the first Tiger Day of 2022 at the Tank Museum, Bovington Camp, Dorset, this second-gen MBT is generally accepted as a member of the Patton family although the US Army preferred to think of it a a "product-improved descendant" which tells us something about where linguistic obfuscation has its natural home. It was developed as a counter to the T-54 and rumoured successors, with good armour and mobility and a version of the British L7 105 mm gun developed as part of Centurion improvement. It first saw action in Israel and continued at least up to use by the US Marine Corps during Desert Storm where it proved itself still capable against T-72 series opposition. in my youth it appealed to me because the turret has a turret on it!
20220423 (206)_M60
Closing the post-war main battle tank segment of the arena display at the first Tiger Day of 2022 at the Tank Museum, Bovington Camp, Dorset, this second-gen MBT is generally accepted as a member of the Patton family although the US Army preferred to think of it a a "product-improved descendant" which tells us something about where linguistic obfuscation has its natural home. It was developed as a counter to the T-54 and rumoured successors, with good armour and mobility and a version of the British L7 105 mm gun developed as part of Centurion improvement. It first saw action in Israel and continued at least up to use by the US Marine Corps during Desert Storm where it proved itself still capable against T-72 series opposition. in my youth it appealed to me because the turret has a turret on it!