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Turkey: Received 274 M60A1 and 658 M60A3 from the United States between 1992 and 1994; 170 were converted to M60T Sabra 3. [ 185 ] 100 M60A1, 650 M60A3 TTS, and 165 M60TM Firat in service as of 2023 [update] .
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 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.
It was intended to replace M60A1 in service with Italian Army. First prototype was revealed in 1986 and six pre-production vehicles were built in 1989. It entered service in 1995. Zulfiqar II: 1997 — Iran: Few prototypes Interim development between the Zulfiqar I and III, derived from the former. It had an extended hull and a new engine.
M48A5T1: Turkish M48 variant upgraded along similar lines to the M60A1, with an M68 105 mm main gun, passive night vision, M60A1 fire control system and an AVDS-1790 diesel engine. All in storage. [110] M60 Patton United States: Main battle tank: 100+ In storage. M60A1 variant. [99] Artillery M107 United States: 175mm self-propelled artillery ...
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.
Even in the decades after World War I, putting ships out to pasture on the Neches was common practice, the man said. "You will see old sunken barges that 50, 60 years were parked out there, and ...
Israel replaced their war losses with new M48A5 (Magach 5), M60 (Magach 7), and M60A1 (Magach 6) during the 1970s. The older M60's (which still used the smaller M48-style turret) were supplied to make up for a shortage of sufficient M60A1s, explaining why the older model has the higher designation. Columns of Magach 6B in Lebanon, 1982