M60-2000

M60-2000
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	United States
Specifications
Mass	56.52 tonnes (62.30 short tons; 55.63 long tons)
Length	9.55 m (31 ft 4 in) (including gun)
Width	3.77 m (12 ft 5 in)
Height	2.89 m (9 ft 6 in)
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Armor	Unknown
Main armament	120 mm M256 Smoothbore Cannon
Secondary armament	2 x 7.62 (0.30 in) MGs and 1 x 12.7 mm (0.50 in) MG
Engine	GDLS (General Dynamics Land Systems) AVDS-1790-9A V12, air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine 895.5 kW (1200 hp)
Power/weight	22 hp/tonne
Suspension	Torsion bar suspension
Operational range	443 km (275 mi)
Maximum speed	51.6 km/h (33 mph)

The M60-2000, or 120S, is a modernized M60 Patton main battle tank marketed for export by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The development of the M60-2000 was primarily due to the uncapability of nations still owning M60s to afford a sufficient force of more modern main battle tanks. GDLS devised the M60-2000 upgrade, offering many features of the M1A1 Abrams to existing M60 users at a reduced cost.

The M60-2000 was a GDLS supplied conversion kit, including the gun turret and 120 mm (4.72 in) smoothbore gun of the M1A1/M1A2, to the M60. The upgrade was marketed at those M60 users with the industrial capability to convert the tanks themselves. Along with a new turret, a new diesel powerpack and the transmission system of the M1 were installed on the M60-2000, and has been tested in a standard M60 chassis.

Turkey considered upgrading their M60s to M60-2000 standard, but then decided to opt for the Israeli upgrade package Sabra (tank) instead. General Dynamics Land Systems has offered to build a prototype of its proposed M60-2000 upgrade of the M60A3 main battle tank to be evaluated by Egypt. The Egyptian Army was considering this offer until it was finally refused and replaced by a national upgrade.

See also

• Sabra (tank)

External links

• M60A3 Upgrades
• Development and History of the M60 tank
• M60-2000 / 120S Main Battle Tank