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M60A1 or A3? (Was M60A0s, A1s and A3s?)
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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: M60A1 or A3? (Was M60A0s, A1s and A3s?)
First batch... Kalamazoo, MI Fort Douglas UT (third one from the left) Nettleson MS Camp McKall NC Freedom Hill Park MI Florence SC Homer GA Grayling MI Little Rock AR Shelton NE Post Falls ID Westland MI Church Hill TN Baxter Springs KS Holley NY Millard NE Pentwater MI Temperence MI Neil Last edited by Neil_Baumgardner on Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:36 pm; edited 3 times in total

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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
More: Little Rock AR Monona IA Camp McCain MS Millersburg PA Milford MI Sturgis IN Duluth NY Annapolis MD Alexander City AL Athens TN Chicago IL Rigby ID Kingsport TN Holland MI Knoxville TN Manchester MI St Louis MI Caldwell ID Alpharetta GA Grayling MI Neil Last edited by Neil_Baumgardner on Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
The Dallas TX one is an M48 _________________ TTFN Jim If your not a member of JED then your not serious about anything military.. ********************* www.jedsite.info JED Military Equipment *********************

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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
Thanks, I figured a Patton would sneak in there somehow. Obviously, in the absence of a view of the front hull, I didnt check the roadwheels. Neil

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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
Dallas???? I've gone through the pictures several times and I don't see any Labeled Dallas. I see Ft Douglas UT with several tanks from front to back an M-48, M-47, M-60, M-551? But I dont see any in Dallas and I don't think any other M-48s. What am I missing? _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:06 am Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
Sorry, I already deleted it. It was really Irving TX anyway... Neil

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
M60 experts, I could really use your help identifying these for the USA AFV Register. Neil

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: Columbus, NE
is an M60A3, I think. Definitely not an M60A0, though. I'm amazed at how many Slick 60s are out there! Keep up the great work. Your list is most impressive and useful. Cheers, Scott Taylor

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:11 pm
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Hi Neil! Hi Folks!

The left side view and front left side view of the tank at Columbus NE is a M60A3.

All the others are M60A0s.

Except for the photo were the third tank is some type of M60. I can not see enough or see well enough to be sure it is a A0 or an A1/A3. I 'think' it maybe an A0.

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:29 pm
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Hi Neil! Hi Folks!

Hope this helps some. Drawings are from Squadron Signal publications Armor Number 23, M60 Patton in action, page 12.

The turret storage rack is helpfull if you can get a good view of it. The A0s is almost like the the type seen on the M48s. While the A1/A3 rack extends out past the sides of the turret and then turn back to sides.

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
Hi Neil! Hi Folks! - Neil_Baumgardner I didnt check the roadwheels. Be carefull about using the roadwheels. Many M60s ended their service life with M48 type steel road wheels. Sgt, Scouts Out! _________________ "You can never have too much reconnaissance." General G.S. Patton Jr.

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Columbus, NE
- Scott_Taylor is an M60A3, I think. Definitely not an M60A0, though. I'm amazed at how many Slick 60s are out there! Keep up the great work. Your list is most impressive and useful. Cheers, Scott Taylor You must mean Columbus NE, yep an A3 snuck in there as well. Thanks, will delete it. Neil

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:39 pm
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- Roy_A_Lingle

Hi Neil! Hi Folks!

The turret storage rack is helpfull if you can get a good view of it. The A0s is almost like the the type seen on the M48s. While the A1/A3 rack extends out past the sides of the turret and then turn back to sides.

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Okay, now I am thoroughly confused... The above graphic shows only the A0s with the Patton-style turrets? I thought all A1s had Patton style turrets, and that A3s had the crimped nose style turrets...

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:30 pm
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Neil, my Guard unit had A1's and they had the pinched, or "needlenosed" turrets as we called them. I believe all A1's had this style turret, with some having a "cheekpiece" added near the front close to the turret ring. Maybe someone can post an illustrayion of this cheekpiece?

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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: M60A1 or A0?
Okay, so everything I thought was an A1 was an A0... Thats easy enough... But now how do you tell between an A1 and an A3? Next I'll find out I dont know my A2s... Neil

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