Unmanned Patton
Дата: 20.09.2017 18:29:49
drrocketman779, on Sep 19 2017 - 20:10, said: @Chieftain, why do the M48 Patton tanks have the egg-shaped hull,
but not the M60? I've always wondered that, ever since my days
working on M48A5 and M60 AVLB tanks in the National Guard as a 12B.The_Chieftain: The idea was that there would be silica-based armor inserts
which could be incorporated into the hull and turret. (Hence the
turret on the M60A1 got a bit more wedge-shaped). In a similar
manner to modern Chobham armor only coming in straight lines (Hence
the shape of Abrams, Challenger, etc) silica-based armor also
required straight edges. So they built the M60 to accept this new
armor. It was never actually implemented, but the shape of the hull
and turret remained the same.
Unmanned Patton