M60T Sabra
Owned By
| Operator: | Turkey |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | 170 |
| Cost: | $688 million deal |
| Acquired: | 2005-2010 |
| General Specs | |
| Country of origin: | United States (initial M60 design) / Israel (modifications) |
| Manufacturer: | Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, Chrysler (Upgraded my Israel Military Industries) |
| Introduced: | 2007 |
| Combat Weight: | 56-59 tons |
| Length: | 30.6 ft (9.32 m) |
| Width: | 13.3 ft (4.05 m) |
| Height: | 10.5 ft (3.2 m) |
| Range: | 279.6 miles (450 km) |
| Engine: | MTU 881 V12 turbocharged diesel (1000 HP) |
| Track: | Rubber coated links with rubber bushed double pins |
| Road Speed: | 34.2 mph (55 km/h) |
| Offroad Speed: | 18.6 mph (30 km/h) |
| Loader: | Manual |
| Crew: | 4 |
| Armor | Modular, upgradeable to explosive reactive armor (ERA) |
| NBC Protection | Yes |
| Nightvision | Yes |
| Laser detection | Yes |
| Armament: | |
| Main Armament | 120 mm smoothbore gun (40 rounds) |
| Ammunition | Armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot (APFSDS) and high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) |
| Secondary Armament | 3 x 7.62mm (1 x coaxial and 2 x externally mounted) |
| 60mm mortar | |
| Radar/Sensors: | Knight III fire control system |
| Countermeasures/Defenses: | 8 x smoke grenade launchers |
| Misc Systems: | Two axis stabilized with auto tracker |
| Day-optic and TV channel | |
| Night-thermal | |
| Notes: | Upgraded version of M60A3 Patton |
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