#M60

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17 May 1995: Shawn Nelson steals a M60A3 from a National Guard armory and goes on a six mile rampage, crushing cars and smashing street-lights.

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"Bağlayamaz bir kuvvet bu kasırga milleti, Tarihlere sorun ki bize "Ölmez Türk" derler."

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US M60s in Korea during exercise Team Spirit '85

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M60 (center) and NGC 4647 (above left of center) // Wei-Hao Wang

The elliptical galaxy M60 was discovered by Johann Koehler just days before Messier himself observed it. It is the third-brightest giant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster and contains about a billion times the mass of our Sun.

Notably, M60 appears to be close to the spiral galaxy NGC 4647. However, there doesn't seem to be any evidence that these two galaxies are actually interacting. New data from the Hubble Space Telescope seems to suggest that the interaction has only just begun.

Visible in this image within the disk of NGC 4647 is the supernova SN 2022hrs that occurred on April 16, 2022. You can see below the progression that the supernova took, being very bright at first and dimming over the course of four months.

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A remotely controlled Panther armored mine clearing vehicle leads a column of armored vehicles down a road near McGovern Base, in Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 16, 1996, during Operation Joint Endeavor. The Panther, based on a modified M-60 tank hull, uses metal rollers to set off contact or magnetic mines. The Panther is being operated by the 23rd Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Long, U.S. Army.

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The Teledyne Continental High Performance "Super M60" prototype during trials at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, October 1981.

Put briefly, the "Super M60" was an upgrade for the M60 offered by Teledyne Continental Motors' General Products Division. It offered increased levels of armor protection, a much more powerful engine, improved transmission, a lower profile cupola, while also incorporating the AN/VVS-2 thermal imaging system and AN/VVG-2 laser rangefinder from the M60A3 TTS. Only one prototype was ever made due to a lack of orders or interest domestically and internationally.

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M60A2 "Starship"

Featuring the M162 rifled 152mm gun/launcher capable to fire HEAT, HE conventional ammunition and the MGM 51 Shillelagh Anti Tank Guided Missile.

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US Army magazine guide to the M60A2

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(via M60A3_US_Army_Instruction_School_Fort_Knox | M60A3 of US Arm… | Flickr)

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”The Sixty”

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