M60 will live longer.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/land/army/2016/06/05/raytheon-breathes-new-life-into-patton-tanks/85343566/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wwUTEkRano
>Raytheon said it was aware of tanks remaining in Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Lebanon, Israel, Thailand and Taiwan.
>Raytheon has been in discussions with a number of countries in the Middle East about upgrading tanks, seeing an emerging need for the service life extension of the vehicles.
You'd think any will take up the upgrade package?
Someone needs to ATGM these pieces of shit to teach these fuckers to buy new tanks and actually enter the 21st century
>>30187595
>ATGM
Won't work, even Kornet cannot kill the mighty M60
https://tankandafvnews.com/2016/04/21/turkish-m60-tank-survives-isis-kornet-missile/
>>30187616
>Clearly missed frontal glacis and deflected off the side
Where you not in the thread where we debunked this shit?
>>30187595
That's why they're getting an upgrade because there's no need to waste abrams on useless militaries who just abandon completely intact and unscathed equipment for ISIS to capture
>>30187616
Its a glancing shot that would've missed the turret cheeks if it weren't for the bulky applique.
>>30187626
>>30187643
>glancing
>deflected
this word
it doesn't mean what you think it does.
The main armor package wasn't penetrated.
>>30187670
Probably because it didn't hit the main armor package.
You retard.
>>30187676
Which meant it worked. The crew is alive unlike shit T-90
>>30187670
>The main armor package wasn't penetrated.
It didn't hit the main turret armor in the first place.
>>30187676
That's the point you idiot. The applique did its job and the Kornet was stopped there.
>>30187682
>>30187685
Morons beyond help, you both are.
>>30187684
Going to show the side image of the vehicle that was hit that corroborates this path?
>>30187697
>it was deflected!
>even though that would mean it missed entirely
>it was glancing!
>which is why the applique armor and ERA was set off
How can you even breathe on your own?
>>30187684
That image is retarded. You can clearly see the missile is coming from the turret's front right.
>>30187756
eh
>>30187725
The blast was in fact deflected though. That is the proper term for that instance upon an explosive against an armored vehicle.
>>30187670
You're retarded
I said it last thread and I'm gonna say it again:
Putting fucking cage armor on the M60s turret is fucking million miles behind what the Israelis did to their Magachs
Call me again when Raytheon managed to build a real upgrade. Fucking faggots
>>30187869
This. The isrealis already figured out how to extend lifetimes of armored vehicles. Hell, they even fielded up armored Sherman's at one point.
>>30187682
>>30187685
If the applique armor was not there it still would not have penetrated due to the location and angle of impact.
>>30187822
>Deflect: cause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course.
You do not 'deflect' HEAT.
>>30187869
This is clearly a SLEP though, not a modernization.
>>30187595
you salty that the M-60 could take out a T-14?
what's under the fabric around the cannon anyway?
>>30188468
The mantlet. The fabric is to keep the weather out of the turret from any gaps, IE: NBC protection
>>30187869
Raytheon's version is 1 ton lighter than a standard M60A3, Israel's version is 10 tons heavier.
