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M60-A2 Starship WIP
The M60A2 is a variant of the M60 main battle tank and was developed as a force multiplier for units, operating the M60A1 MBTs. It's development began in the late 1960s. This vehicle entered service with the US Army in 1972. A total of 526 M60A2 main battle tanks were built. This vehicle was nicknamed Starship due to it's sophisticated technology. The tank is equipped with the M48 152-mm gun/launcher. This gun could fire both ordinary munitions and MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-tank guided missiles (same one used in the M551 Sheridan). It had a range of effective fire in 1.5 km firing ordinary munitions and up 3 km firing anti-tank guided missiles.Secondary armament consists of 7.62-mm coaxial machine gun and 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine gun, mounted in the cupola. The operational experience of this MBT revealed that the 152-mm gun is inferior in terms of range and accuracy to 105-mm or 120-mm tank guns, firing ordinary munitions. The MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-tank missiles also could not penetrate well armored MBTs. Furthermore it was expensive and troublesome to maintain.
Entered service 1972 Crew 4 men Dimensions and weight Weight 44 t Length (gun forward) 7.3 m Hull length 6.95 m Width 3.63 m Height 3.1 m Armament Main gun 152-mm ATGW MGM-51 Shillelagh Machine guns 1 x 7.62-mm, 1 x 12.7-mm Elevation range - 10 to + 20 degrees Traverse range 360 degrees Ammunition load Main gun 33 rounds ATGW 13 missiles Machine guns 5 560 x 7.62, 1 080 x 12.7 Mobility Engine Continental AVDS-1790-2G diesel Engine power 750 hp Maximum road speed 48 km/h Range 480 km Maneuverability Gradient 60% Side slope 30% Vertical step 0.9 m Trench 2.6 m Fording 1.2 m Fording (with preparation) 4.1 m
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I think that this is great. Although a failure, the tank was an attempt to incorporate technologies far in advance of the original designed M60. I think that this is one of the more visually interesting designs. I'm looking forward to following this design.
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Good to see you posting again, Trent!
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Thank you Wyvern!
Added bustle rack, odds and ends details, gunners periscope, and a part to make the mantlet cover. you will be able to build without it and those who want the challenge ,the part will help with that. i will describe later when i start building. (still trying to learn the new rendering function with meta 4)
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Great work!
All edges and corners seems to be rounded - wouldn't it be difficult to unroll all those surfaces?
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most fold width wise so no problem. the only problem i foresee is the corners of the central turret. I see the corners as petals but ill find out when i test build.
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