Key Points and Summary - The M60 was the U.S. Army's primary Cold War main battle tank and a "product-improved descendant" of the M48 Patton. Designed to fight the Soviet Union, it ironically saw its ...
The M60 series of tanks was part of an evolution that began in the closing days of World War II. The tanks steadily improved and soldiered on, in their final form, until the advent of the M1 Abrams.