To keep up with its adversary’s new T-54/T-55 medium tanks, the U.S. began work on its own XM60 prototype. The M60’s Specs Although the M60 was derived from the M48 Patton, the latter MBT ...

The result of the U.S.’s tank-related soul-searching was the M60 Patton – a tank that was designed in a torrential rush without being subjected to standard testing protocols. The end result ...