The Israelis woke up and fought back hard with the M60 tank.īut the Egyptians had AT-3 Sagger anti-tank missiles that could be remotely-fired. The Egyptians were able to get two miles inside Israeli defenses. The Israelis were surprised to say the least. The Egyptians attacked first with artillery and fighter jets. One way to answer this question is to examine how the M60 was used by Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.Īt the time, the Egyptians and Syrians wanted to take the Golan Heights and the Sinai.
M60 Tank Proving Grounds: The Case of the Yom Kippur War But how would the M60 actually have performed against the Soviet hordes in a kinetic battle in the 70s?
It was the precursor to the Abrams tank, and it is still in service in many countries. The American M60 tank was a stalwart during the Cold War having proved its mettle in Vietnam and holding the line against the Warsaw Pact in Germany in the 1970s.
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