Davide Calzolari Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 i'd say M-60A3 your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) any help appreciated,no one could tel me if the merdc green variants was worn even by the A3s? (some says only the usmc a1 had that camo..!gosh!) Edited March 2, 2018 by italian intruder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 tracks are those one newer that started with a3 but many told me even the older a1 got retrofitted with the same better tracks:so mistery continues,please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centaur95 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 It looks like an A3 to me. It belongs to D Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Can't be sure but it could be Reforger '82 as 1st Infantry Div were part of Blue Force for that exercise and this vehicle has blue Reforger placards on the turret. Summer verdant was rare in USAREUR - most units stayed with the Winter Verdant camo (brown and green, rather than two greens). Cheers, Centaur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 centaur: thnxxxx- btw the tpics is surely before 1983 (there is not the pasgt helmet,only the old m1) and again: the camo si surely summer verdant,don't u find?-winter,tropical (probably never worn by an m-60)and deserts were absolutely different-am i right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) A1 had coincident range finder on turret side,but it is covered A1 had different tracks but I'm not good with them at all A3 had a different gun shield but is once again covered A3 also had the commander cupola modified as it was more lower but is not that clear There is something also related to fender differences between A1 and A3 but I have a complete lack of clear references ok found some old stuff http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=98188&page=1 http://www.network54.com/Forum/47209/thread/998315004/Differences+between+M60A1+and+M60A3 Luigi Edited March 3, 2018 by Silverkite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) thnx.btw (..and that's the problem )since a certain moment(half 70's?)A1s were retrofitted with the A3s same tracks Edited March 5, 2018 by italian intruder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Maybe turret's cheek do speak and I do indeed see something different but I guess it will remain a mystery Italian M60,sadly when they did some kind of open day in Cagliari they parked a mere Leopard in here 'merican M60A3 front turret weld are different even more talk but no pics http://www.network54.com/Forum/47209/thread/1209017170/Tamiya+M60A3- more stuff http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/m60.html I give up Luigi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentG Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ok, here goes. As far as the tracks, all M60A0 had the rubber chevron tracks, some were later fitted with the rubber pad style in reserve units. Early M60A1's had a mix, later production had the rubber block tracks. Early USMC A1's were retrofitted with rubber block tracks just prior to the first Gulf War. As far as I know all M60A3's wore rubber block tracks. Remember the A3 was just an A1 with mods to the gunnery system. US Marines did not use A3's at all. I am only aware of the USMC use of MERDC. Desert training tanks were painted mostly Gray Desert. Some Red Desert appears on SP artillery in the desert at 29 Palms California. West coast - 1st tank battalion were Summer Verdant. East coast - 2nd Tank Battalion, wore winter verdant. The remainder of the vehicles followed these guidelines. The thought was west coast Marines would deploy to the far east and the east coast Marines to Europe. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 AgentG ok but, question,directly: is in the pic ive posted above,the fotocolor one, an A3 or not? (as seen mainly no one can see the sleeve on the cannon because covered with the camo web ) thnx in ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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