M60-A2 Starship WIP

The M60A2 is a variant of the M60 main battle tank and was developed as a force multiplier for units, operating the M60A1 MBTs. It's development began in the late 1960s. This vehicle entered service with the US Army in 1972. A total of 526 M60A2 main battle tanks were built. This vehicle was nicknamed Starship due to it's sophisticated technology. The tank is equipped with the M48 152-mm gun/launcher. This gun could fire both ordinary munitions and MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-tank guided missiles (same one used in the M551 Sheridan). It had a range of effective fire in 1.5 km firing ordinary munitions and up 3 km firing anti-tank guided missiles.Secondary armament consists of 7.62-mm coaxial machine gun and 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine gun, mounted in the cupola. The operational experience of this MBT revealed that the 152-mm gun is inferior in terms of range and accuracy to 105-mm or 120-mm tank guns, firing ordinary munitions. The MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-tank missiles also could not penetrate well armored MBTs. Furthermore it was expensive and troublesome to maintain.



Entered service 1972

Crew 4 men

Dimensions and weight

Weight 44 t

Length (gun forward) 7.3 m

Hull length 6.95 m

Width 3.63 m

Height 3.1 m

Armament

Main gun 152-mm

ATGW MGM-51 Shillelagh

Machine guns 1 x 7.62-mm, 1 x 12.7-mm

Elevation range - 10 to + 20 degrees

Traverse range 360 degrees

Ammunition load

Main gun 33 rounds

ATGW 13 missiles

Machine guns 5 560 x 7.62, 1 080 x 12.7

Mobility

Engine Continental AVDS-1790-2G diesel

Engine power 750 hp

Maximum road speed 48 km/h

Range 480 km

Maneuverability

Gradient 60%

Side slope 30%

Vertical step 0.9 m

Trench 2.6 m

Fording 1.2 m

Fording (with preparation) 4.1 m



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