The Army had 5,400 M60A3 TTS tanks, 1,686 of which are new production M60A3s, 114 are M60A1 passive tanks field-retrofitted to M60A3 TTS configuration, and 3,600 are conversions carried out by the Mainz Army Depot in Germany and Anniston Army Depot in the USA. In January 1983, Saudi Arabia placed an order for 100 M60A3 MBTs at a total cost ...

The US Army would use the M60A3 TTS until they were replaced by the M1 Abrams, though some M60A3 saw service with the US as late as the 1991 Gulf War by the US Marine Corps. Introduced in Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" , the M60A3 TTS is a great improvement from the preceding M60A1 RISE (P) with an assortment of upgrades to sensors and target ...

The M60A3 (TTS) replaced the m48 series of tanks, and the M60A1 tank. This vehicle took the interim developments in the Rise Passive version, and added a laser rangefinder, new ballistic computer ...

2010年9月5日 · The first M60 tanks were issued to U.S. Army units during the fall of 1960 as a replacement for the M48 Patton tank. The M60A3 was introduced in 1978 and was the first production line tank to be outfitted with the tank thermal sight (TTS). The TTS provided the tank crew with the ability to pick out an enemy vehicle in the dark.

2023年10月3日 · The AN/VSG-2 Tank Thermal Sight (TTS) is an integrated day/night periscope used by the gunner on the M60A3 TTS as the primary sight to engage and destroy targets. The periscope provides a fixed 8x daylight channel, a 2.67x/8x thermal channel, and a unity window. TTS Thermal Channel. The most useful aspect of the TTS is the thermal channel.

The M60A3 is an upgrade over the M60A1. It features enhanced turret armor, all of the RISE upgrades, improved gun stabilization, improved fire control system and new selection of 105mm ammunition. When fitted with the AN/VSG2 Tank Thermal Sight (TTS) for the gunner the tank is known as the M60A3 TTS.

The M60A3 TTS is a main battle tank (MBT) used by the U.S. Army in the 1980s. Its main armament is the M68E1, a 105 mm cannon based on the venerable British L7 design and capable of defeating a wide array of armored and unarmored targets. Serving as a stopgap between the aging M60A1 and the Abrams series of tanks, the M60A3 TTS saw service in ...

2024年10月26日 · M60A3 was an improved M60A1, featuring a laser rangefinder, solid state ballistic computer, and crosswind sensor. The laser rangefinder utilized the right-side rangefinder blister. ... M60A3s equipped with this device were designated M60A3(TTS). Steel road wheels were again used starting in May 1980, since they cost less than the lighter ...

The M60A3 TTS was an improved model of the earlier M60A3. The gunner received an AN/VSG2 Tank Thermal Sight (TTS), which was the only major improvement over the M60A3 Passive. 304 M60A3 TTS tanks were built (with production ending in 1983), 1,391 of the US Army M60A1 RISE tanks were converted to the M60A3 TTS standard by the Anniston Army Depot ...

2024年5月30日 · The main gun is M68 105mm rifled cannon. Secondary armament includes a M85.50 caliber machine gun, an M240 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, and two six-barreled smoke grenade launchers. The M60A3 tank carried 63 main gun rounds, 900.50 caliber rounds and 5,950 7.62mm rounds. The crew consisted of a commander, gunner, loader, and driver.