Tuesday, June 5, 2012

M-60 Patton Tank: "King of Armor" pt 1-2 from "The Big Picture" circa 1961 US Army

M-60 Patton Tank: "King of Armor" pt 1-2 from "The Big Picture" circa 1961 US Army Tube. Duration : 14.42 Mins.


more at: quickfound.net "This film presents the story of the development, testing, and use of the M-60 tank in the US Army. Scenes trace the origin of the modern tank and the need to create a mobile armored vehicle that could carry enough fire power to destroy machine gun emplacements as it led its troops through the line." Public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). Split with MKVmerge GUI (part of MKVToolNix), the same software can recombine the downloaded parts (in mp4 format): www.bunkus.org part 2: www.youtube.com en.wikipedia.org The 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank, M60, also known unofficially as the M60 Patton, is a first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. It was widely used by the US and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today despite being superseded by the M1 Abrams in the US military. Egypt is currently the largest operator with 1700 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with more than 900 upgraded units in service, and Israel is third with over 700 units of Israeli variants... M60 The M60 traces its roots to the late WWII-era M26 Pershing heavy tank from which the M48 ...

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