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Turkey transferred at least three M60A1 tanks in 2020 to support the Turkish-allied Government of National Accord (GNA) forces against the Khalifa Haftar's eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) in the ongoing Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War. It is not known if these tanks are upgraded Sabra variants. [47] [48]
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, [update] 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 ...
The upgrade package was first offered to Turkey as an option for its tank modernization program and later offered for general export. The Turkish government selected the Sabra Mk II (a further modified version of the Sabra) for its upgrade program, which was intended as a stopgap measure.
One of its goals is the development of a new armored vehicle launching bridge (AVLB), based on the M60A1 chassis and equipped with the new MLC 70 class Leguan bridge, which is capable of supporting the Leopard 2 A5 tanks, as well as any other tanks and armored vehicles in the Spanish inventory. For the time being in close liaison with Engineers ...
The first generation of main battle tanks was based on or influenced by designs of World War II, most notably the Soviet T-34. [4] The second generation was equipped with NBC protection (only sometimes), night-vision devices, a stabilized main gun and at least a mechanical fire-control system. [ 4 ]
United Kingdom supplied Jordan with 400 Challenger 1 tanks as part of a government-to-government deal in 2002. [20] [21] Currently there are 190 tanks in service and they are being replaced entirely by the new Leclerc tank donated from United Arab Emirates. M60A3 Patton United States: 182 [19]
The Turkish Armed Forces utilized a wide range of weapons from 3 September 1939, the date of the German invasion of Poland, to V-E Day, 8 May 1945, which is generally accepted as the end of the Second World War in Europe.
The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. The M60-2000/120S was a GDLS supplied conversion kit that married the turret of the M1A1 variant of the M1 Abrams to the M60A1 hull of the M60, offering many features of the M1A1 Abrams to existing M60 users at a reduced cost.