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New M60A1 from Italeri at 1/72.
The M-60 was introduced in the first years of ‘60s in the United States Army.

It became the most important MBT (Main Battle Tank) of the U.S. Army during the Cold War years. It was produced, until 1983, by the American company Chrysler in 15.000 units and it was adopted, in several versions, by the armed forces of numerous countries all over the World.

The main armament, installed in the turret, was the 105 mm. M68 gun. The M-60 was characterized by its big size and by the adoption of the powerful V12 turbodiesel engine able to release a good operating performance and a good speed on-road and off-road.

It was deployed in a lot of conflicts and operational scenarios. Even today it is widely used by several Countries as Egypt, Turkey and Israel.

The kit has decals for two US Army versions and one Italian
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Way surpassed kit with a great decal sheet. Pretty sure the included tracks are wrong for the two American decal versions. I have photos of both in my references and they had T97 track. The box top even shows them but I doubt Italeri changed the molds to represent the other track.
OCT 08, 2018 - 12:13 AM
Looks like the ancient ESCI tooling to me. Just count the number of road wheels. Yep, I think those are the steam roller double width wheels. The track probably doesn't have the horns either. I built the M48 kits and an M60A2 ages ago leaving the wheels and track as-is. The Revell kit is a more suitable basis. I believe it has the T142 track though. I wish Revell decided to do the M48. I'd buy more than one of those!
OCT 08, 2018 - 01:01 PM
Technically the Esci/Ertl/Italeri M48 kits have T97 track what would be compatible with the double road wheels. You'd be better off with the OKB Grigorov chassis correction set with T97E2 tracks and separate road wheels though. I can't say if it would work with the Revell M60A1 kit, but the Revell kit would have the ribbed road wheels. Cheaper than two Italeri kits too.
OCT 08, 2018 - 01:33 PM
Technically the Esci/Ertl/Italeri M48 kits have T97 track what would be compatible with the double road wheels. You'd be better off with the OKB Grigorov chassis correction set with T97E2 tracks and separate road wheels though. I can't say if it would work with the Revell M60A1 kit, but the Revell kit would have the ribbed road wheels. Cheaper than two Italeri kits too.[/quote] I put the M48 tracks on my M60A1 way back when the Esci kits first came out. It was a tough fit. This kit also has a bare gun mantle and is missing most of the exterior details of an M60A1 including the chin fillets. The turret is a prototype one as in the original Tamiya 1/35 kit of 1970. The Revell one is so much better. But still a nice decal sheet.
OCT 08, 2018 - 08:15 PM
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