Sabra Mk1 upgraded M60A1 Main Battle Tank

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[tyuru2]

are they ever going to stop upgrading the m60?????

[1138thz]

@MutinyInJonestown

I agree but there was British dude that said, "The strongest part of a tank isn't the front slope, The strongest part of a tank is its crew."

Out of necessity the Israelis excel at putting good tank crews together and they take training seriously. Once a good crew combination is found they try to keep that crew together as long as possible.

" That is strength! that is power! What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?" Thulsa Doom

[Waltham1892]

People don't realize how good the M-60 was. The M-60A3 had a very good fire control system and its TTS was better than the TTS on the initial M-1.

Yes, it didn't have the M-1's armor or its mobility but it put steel on target and the crews knew it inside out.

[WASPfreak]

@tyuru2 Hopefully not. The M60 is a good tank. I'd ask the same question about the T-55 and T-72.

[USAmilitarypower]

@MutinyInJonestown we USA and isreal

[dougeagle]

Cool video...same the other 2 about this tank. One thing that gets me though is why can't the front turret face be slanted from hull on up instead of the split angle? Kind of like on the Challenger tank. Seems like with this version in this vid, the incoming round could deflect downward and enter into the tank through the top...or just trap the shot in the turret ring.

[MutinyInJonestown]

Love how the Israelis take old tanks and upgrade them. Hell they took WWII Shermans upgraded them and beat the pants of Syrian T54/55's. Of course the Centurion was way better but still SHERMANS ! for crying out loud.

[VickersIndependent]

@tangocharlie11 Why,when we alraedy have many 105 tubes and guns in storage. If we're willing to dumb-down 105s for Strykers,we should be more then capable of fitting a few 105s to some tanks. The external chicken sheilds sound nice,but ,for a tank as tall as the M60, it might not be the best choice.

[tangocharlie11]

@VickersIndependent Looks like we are stuck with the 120. I'd put a lot of effort in improving tube life. The MGs are needed for targets that don't need to be addressed with main gun. An external MG with chicken shields would be more effective.

[VickersIndependent]

@tangocharlie11 That cupola was alraedy replaced on IDF M60s, but there really isn't an effective alternative that's as effective or safe as the cupola. Also they might want to ditch that worthless 120mm smoothbore. The M60 is,after all, not a multi-million dollar machine gun carrier.