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From: davisp@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Palmer Davis)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Marine M60 tank question
Summary: yes, they are a1's
Keywords: green fuzzy bananas
Message-ID: <1991Feb5.043909.6612@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 5 Feb 91 04:39:09 GMT
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From: davisp@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Palmer Davis)
In article <1991Feb4.071000.22733@cbnews.att.com> thi@mips2.cr.bull.com (Saigon Smuggler) writes:
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>I have seen TV footage of Marines M60 tanks in desert.  Are these the A3
>variants?  I noticed that the 105mm cannons are not being stabilized as the
>tanks moved about which might indicates that these are older A1 variants.
>

Yes, they are indeed A1's.  You can tell the A3 version because it has a
big square thing sticking out the front of the turret (the laser rangefinder).

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