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Globalsecurity says these were phased out in favour of the M240 in 1977, M60A3 didn't even start development until 1978. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 22:22, 8 November 2011 (CST) | Globalsecurity says these were phased out in favour of the M240 in 1977, M60A3 didn't even start development until 1978. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 22:22, 8 November 2011 (CST) | ||
:M60A3s were just upgraded A1s though, not a new design. Most of the upgrades appear to be in the fire control systems. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] 22:43, 8 November 2011 (CST) | :M60A3s were just upgraded A1s though, not a new design. Most of the upgrades appear to be in the fire control systems. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] 22:43, 8 November 2011 (CST) | ||
| + | ::Yeah, but if they were pulling the A1s in for a block upgrade at exactly the same time they were retiring the M73, they'd pull the M73s out and replace them. Army-Technology says current M60s have an M240 as their coax, so I'd guess only the pre-A3 versions would mount this. [[User:Evil Tim|Evil Tim]] 02:32, 9 November 2011 (CST) | ||
Revision as of 08:32, 9 November 2011
Globalsecurity says these were phased out in favour of the M240 in 1977, M60A3 didn't even start development until 1978. Evil Tim 22:22, 8 November 2011 (CST)
- M60A3s were just upgraded A1s though, not a new design. Most of the upgrades appear to be in the fire control systems. --Funkychinaman 22:43, 8 November 2011 (CST)
- Yeah, but if they were pulling the A1s in for a block upgrade at exactly the same time they were retiring the M73, they'd pull the M73s out and replace them. Army-Technology says current M60s have an M240 as their coax, so I'd guess only the pre-A3 versions would mount this. Evil Tim 02:32, 9 November 2011 (CST)