MISSION STATEMENT

This website is to serve as a catalog of historical information for various tanks, across various stages of development, created for use by the United States from Pre-WWII through to the 1970s. However, the primary purpose for this website is to illustrate a proposal for what an "endgame" could look like for the US tech tree in the game, World Of Tanks, and to show that there's still plenty of life left to breathed into this game.

My aim is to see as many tanks in the game about tanks as possible, and I hope to show that in a way that respects both the historicity of the tanks shown and the balance of the game overall. As such, I will not be going into great detail on individual statistics. Rather, I will only be showing the possible modules for each tank, changes that could be made to make it more historically authentic, a historical overview, and how the tank's playstyle may be represented in-game. I will also attempt to future-proof this by including alternate hulls, half-tracks, and wheeled vehicles.

This is certainly not perfect and everything is subject to change. This is still a work in progress, and updates are frequent if not daily. This is a fan project and a labor of love. Do enjoy.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

M60E3


During the development of the M60A2, four different turret types were considered. The Type A turret would be constructed and then modified and produced as the Type B standard. The Type D turret was basically the M60A1 turret with a shortened bustle. The Type D turret was given serious consideration, seeing as far as a prototype being built. But it ultimately never entered production. The M60A1E1 fitted with this turret was referred to as the M60E3.

The M60E3 is basically an M60A1 with the 152 mm Gun-Launcher. Nothing too special going on here. Of all the vehicles equipped with gun-launchers, the M60E3 certainly has one of the better turrets. An alternative name for this tank would be "XM66 Type D", but I think "M60E3" works just fine.



Guns: 152 mm Gun-Launcher XM81E6 (conventional)

Engines: Continental AVDS-1790-2A (750 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): XM66 Type D (254/140/57)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): M60A1E1 (??)

Hull Armor (mm): 93/74/41 (M60A1E1)

Top Speed: 48 km/h

Crew: 4 (Driver; Gunner; Loader; Commander/Radio)



See Also: M60A2, XM66 Type C

Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Patton, 2015. 
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 31, 2018 at 7:31 AM

    Are you still alive it’s been 3 months

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  2. UnknownJanuary 18, 2019 at 10:04 AM

    Are you still willing to work on this tech tree. It’s been a long time since you been on here and I really liked you explaining these tanks, frankly I got a lot of ideas from you. But if you don’t want to continue I completely understand

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