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The General Dynamics M60A3 Patton is the last tank in the Patton series produced in the United States, and is also the last main battle tank in this series to see use with the United States military. Originally a Chrysler product, it was inherited by General Dynamics when Chrysler sold-off their defense division in the early 1980s.
The M60A3 first saw combat in the 1982 Lebanon War, in the form of the Magach 6 (the Israeli version of the M60A3). They proved devastating to Syrian armor, destroying the tanks like T-62, T-55, and elderly T-34s with little effort. Most impressively, the Magach 6 also destroyed a number of newer T-72M1 tanks, all without any losses to tank fire. This was thanks in no small part to the acquisition of a new generation of ammunition, including the 105 mm M111 Hetz APFSDS round, and the M456A2 HEAT round. Before 1982, it had been gospel among armies and intelligence services on both sides of the "Iron Curtain" that only a 120 mm round stood any chance of penetrating the frontal armor of a T-72 at a combat range; the Israelis proved them wrong.
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The M60A3 first saw combat in the 1982 Lebanon War, in the form of the Magach 6 (the Israeli version of the M60A3). They proved devastating to Syrian armor, destroying the tanks like T-62, T-55, and elderly T-34s with little effort. Most impressively, the Magach 6 also destroyed a number of newer T-72M1 tanks, all without any losses to tank fire. This was thanks in no small part to the acquisition of a new generation of ammunition, including the 105 mm M111 Hetz APFSDS round, and the M456A2 HEAT round. Before 1982, it had been gospel among armies and intelligence services on both sides of the "Iron Curtain" that only a 120 mm round stood any chance of penetrating the frontal armor of a T-72 at a combat range; the Israelis proved them wrong.
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