Key variants still in use include the M60A1 and M60A3. At the beginning of the Korean War, the Americans made a painful realization: Their tanks were inferior to Soviet tanks, both in quality and ...
The M60 series included several major variants and designations: the first M60, otherwise known as the “Slick,” with its rounded turret; the M60A1, which featured an elongated turret ...
Following the war, the South Korean military bolstered its armored fleet with a variety of U.S.-made tanks, but attempts made to obtain the M60A1 Patton MBTs in the 1970s ended in failure.