Study This Weapon: The Ancient M60 Tank Keeps on Fighting
Egypt maintains one of the largest fleets of M60s – and has some 300 M60A1 and 850 M60A3 variants still in service, while Saudi Arabia has nearly 400 in service.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Given how many M60s are now in service, it isn t surprising that there remains a large international market for M60 upgrades. Defense industry giants Raytheon and Leonardo have begun to market M60 upgrades in recent years that could extend the useful life of the design.
In the summer of 2020, an M60 Patton tank rolled off a trailer and took its place of honor at Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park in Richmond, Indiana. The Cold War behemoth, along with a pair of naval guns, was donated to the park last year. The M60 had previously been on display for more than two decades at the recently shuttered Howe Military Academy, and it fittingly joined the park s two M3A3 Lee World War II era tanks already on display.
HOWE â Talk to Indiana Landmarkâs Todd Zeiger about the organizationâs latest LaGrange County project, and you canât help but hear the excitement in his voice as he speaks about Landmarkâs plans to restore the old John B. Howe homestead in Howe.
Zeiger, Landmarkâs Northern Regional Office director, said the history of that 1840âs Greek Revival timber framed home makes this a really special project for the Indiana not-for-profit.
Despite its age â the house is almost 180 years old â one of the many reasons Zeiger said Landmarks wanted to acquire property and start working to protect the house was its history.
M60 Rules: Check Out the Senior Tank That Keeps Going to War
Egypt maintains one of the largest fleets of M60s – and has some 300 M60A1 and 850 M60A3 variants still in service, while Saudi Arabia has nearly 400 in service.
In the summer of 2020, an M60 Patton tank rolled off a trailer and took its place of honor at Wayne County Veterans Memorial Park in Richmond, Indiana. The Cold War behemoth, along with a pair of naval guns, was donated to the park last year. The M60 had previously been on display for more than two decades at the recently shuttered Howe Military Academy, and it fittingly joined the park s two M3A3 Lee World War II era tanks already on display.
2020 was a year unlike any weâve seen recently or may ever see again in our lifetimes.
It wasnât ânormalâ by any stretch of the word. And while this year was different for everyone in their day-to-day lives, it was certainly a different year in news, too.
However, as we look back at 2020, there was plenty of ânormalâ local news, too, that made big headlines. So as we review the past year in news in Noble and LaGrange counties, there was more going on than just that one thing that everyone wishes would just go away already.
Hereâs this yearâs Top 10 as voted on by the News Sun editorial staff: