There were quite a few changes, most are listed above. It would be much easier to take the Revell (old Esci kit, just as the Italeri M60A1 is) M60A3 and use it.
Ah, I thought there was an A3 out there besides the old Tamiya one.
The turret casting was altered a couple of times over the tank's production life. The armor around the turret ring at the sides was thickened...and the cheek armor to the lower right and left of the mantlet was also beefed up. The final casting batch eliminated the undercut at the turret sides completely (Tamiya's revised turret depicts this version).
Claus,
There were a good number of improvements and changes between the A1 and A3 series. New air filter boxes, lazer range finder, wind sensor, thermal shoud on the gun tube, new optics, smoke launchers, boxes for the smoke laucher refill and the new track. Some, many, had the road wheels from the M48 series. I have not built the Italeri model so I have no idea if it was a base M60A1 or not. Improved M60A1 varients did have some of these upgrades.
Do you have pictures of your Austrian tank? It should make an interesting model.
Randy
Quoted TextThe turret casting was altered a couple of times over the tank's production life. The armor around the turret ring at the sides was thickened...and the cheek armor to the lower right and left of the mantlet was also beefed up. The final casting batch eliminated the undercut at the turret sides completely (Tamiya's revised turret depicts this version).
Any good photos out there to illustrate the differences (real vehicles)? And which Tamiya kit? - the USMC M60A1 with ERA tiles, or M60A3, or both?
Cheers,
Jim
Hi folks, I´ve been working on the M60A1 from Italeri No 6397. What I want it´s to convert it into the Austrian Army version of the A3.
I´ve been gathering some info around the web and I think I´m aware of the most notorious differences (AEG searchlight, smoke launchers) but I´m not sure if I´m missing something else that I have to do.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Quoted TextDo you know if the Austrian M60A3 was equipped with a thermal sight? All US M60A3 tanks were fitted or retrofitted with the TTS or Tank Thermal Sight. Because of this, we tend to refer to the tank as the "M60A3" or just "A3" when it is more properly the M60A3TTS.Hi folks, I´ve been working on the M60A1 from Italeri No 6397. What I want it´s to convert it into the Austrian Army version of the A3.
I´ve been gathering some info around the web and I think I´m aware of the most notorious differences (AEG searchlight, smoke launchers) but I´m not sure if I´m missing something else that I have to do.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
I know there were some Foreign Military Sales versions of the M60A3 that did not include the TTS. Because of this, searchlights are non-existant on US M60A3TTS, but may be present on a non-US tank. On the US tank, the searchlight mount was still there, but the power cable plug was welded over on top of the turret.
Because of the late use of the M60A1 into the 90s and foreign use M60A3s, the only real identifying features on the A3 are the thermal shroud, crosswind sensor, and laser range finder blister. I do not know if the armored thermal sight housing would be on a foreign use M60A3 that did not have the TTS installed.
Late style tracks, late style air cleaners, smoke grenade launchers, steel vs. aluminum road wheels cannot be used to positively identify an M60A3 since these features could be found on a late M60A1 RISE/Passive.
Quoted TextThe turret casting was altered a couple of times over the tank's production life. The armor around the turret ring at the sides was thickened...and the cheek armor to the lower right and left of the mantlet was also beefed up. The final casting batch eliminated the undercut at the turret sides completely (Tamiya's revised turret depicts this version).
Any good photos out there to illustrate the differences (real vehicles)? And which Tamiya kit? - the USMC M60A1 with ERA tiles, or M60A3, or both?
Cheers,
Jim
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