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U.S. Army M60 Patton tank, armed with a gun/launcher for firing a 152-mm projectile or launching an antitank missile, 1965.
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M60

United States tank
Also known as: M60 Patton
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    …to be replaced by the M60, which was armed with a U.S.-made version of the 105-mm gun developed for the British Centurion.

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