“Tanks have become useless for the fleet”: Spain puts up the M60A3 TTS for auction

Spanish Navy put up for sale Tanks M60, retired from Marine Corps service several years ago. The starting price at the auction will be 46924 euros. The quantity of equipment is not stated, but, as indicated in the publication Infodefensa, the Marines were armed with 16 vehicles, one of which was transferred to the exposition of the military school.

M60 tanks have become useless for fleet

- explained the naval command.

The tank company of the Third Fleet mechanized landing group received a batch of 1993 M16A60 TTS units in 3. These vehicles were gradually withdrawn from service between 2010 and 2020 after reaching the end of their service life.

M60A3 TTS, which served in the ILC, were delivered to Spain in 1992, among 260 used vehicles of the M60A1 and M 60A3 TTS models. The US Army donated them to Madrid as part of the reduction of conventional heavy weapons under the CFE Treaty with the USSR signed in 1990.

The tanks were delivered in minimal working condition, without additional weapons and communications equipment, in the form in which they were stored in Germersheim (Germany), so a major overhaul had to be carried out.

The M60A3 TTS has a crew of four. 12-cylinder V-shaped diesel engine AVDS-1790-2C with a power of 750 hp. The air-cooled engine is paired with an Allison CD-850-6A transmission and should reach speeds of up to 48 km/h with a range of 450 km. The tank's curb weight is 51,4 tons. Its main armament is a 105 mm M68 cannon, a coaxial 7,62 mm MG3A1 machine gun and a 12,7 mm Browning M-85. There are 4 Wegmann smoke grenade launchers on each side of the turret.

Comments

[Serhio250381]

Zelensky: -give, give, give

[Marvell]

Quote: Serhio250381

Zelensky: -give, give, give

They put French and Spanish shame on him ..)))) Zelya keeps rowing .. The Russians are coming
War until the last ukrooo The West is trying to build the entire Russian world and the CIS countries
We will then deal with you Anglo-Saxons and Indians and blacks in America

[dmi.pris1]

I once wrote about these tanks, and where did they go, given the total volume of production in the thousands... Well, there you go... Why didn’t they demand them in Kyiv, having knocked their legs before?

[Mikhail Ivanov]

There were already first-generation Leopards, they were burned and most of them did not even take part in the hostilities, since they were rubbish that could no longer be repaired. The Ukrainian continues to collect a collection of coins from all over the world - there is a lot of money, but nothing to buy with it. So it is with military equipment, too large a range does not allow it to be used effectively...

[dmi.pris1]

The whole point is that this is a combat vehicle. And in skillful hands and competent command, this is all quite serious.

[svarog77]

To begin with, it must at least start, and many transferred equipment have problems with this.

[Revolver]

Quote from: dmi.pris1

And in capable hands and competent command, this is all quite serious.

Where will they find both, and even so that it converges in one area? front LBS?

[Machito]

Tanks became useless for the fleet.
Brilliant.
No wonder the British sank the Great Armada.
The Spaniards' brains have completely recovered from the heat.

[YOU]

As I understand it, the first buyer is already reaching out. But the auction is not suitable. Everything is free, and you can throw some money in too. To poverty.

[marchcat]

Interesting. Are there tanks in our fleet too??? Or is this a Spanish "joke"?

[svp67]

Quote: marchcat

Interesting. Are there tanks in our fleet too??

Of course have.

[dmi.pris1]

At one time, a sea transport for tanks was even created. On hydrofoils..

[SEVERIN]

dmi.pris1
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At one time, a sea transport for tanks was even created. On hydrofoils..

- and even landing submarines were designed (no joke - I saw the drawings), larger than the Sharks and would have a three-hull - trimaran, it was planned to take a regiment of Marines on board, along with armored vehicles!

[SEVERIN]

Drawings of the landing submarine are freely available on the Internet.

[Crimean partisan 1974]

Interesting. Are there tanks in our fleet too???

... so .. for those who are behind the stove ... the 126th tank brigade of the coastal defense of the KChF of the Russian Federation, .. in May 2022 received the status of the Guards, participated in the North Military District from the first day to the present day, armed with T-72B3 tanks ....810 Sevastopol Marine Brigade, consisting of 3 tank companies, in the Northern Military District from the first day to today, armed with T-72B3, T-90, just like the 126th received Guards status in May 2022

[DrMad]

Yes! Buryat armored submarine cavalry!

[svp67]

It’s strange that they haven’t been sent to Ukraine yet...

[Thrifty]

It’s not clear why Europe didn’t give away these M60s to the bitches earlier? Or are they kept like a bone for dessert?

[Codett]

What else is this, come on, let’s steal it quickly, Spanish shame, we’ve lost all fear, Ukrainian Reich will not tolerate such arbitrariness)))

[TermNachTer]

They are useless not only for the fleet, but in general, literally at all))) are they even running or just scrap metal?)))

[svarog77]

Judging by the price they sell scrap metal...

[bone1]

Wow - these had marines - with tanks

[dmi.pris1]

But here it continues to happen... And that’s good.

[Wildcat]

As long as they don’t end up in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, otherwise you can find thousands of such M60s later in the BHVT/garbage dumps. Or the Turkish Sultan, our partner, from his generosity will donate several hundred popular copies there...

[Arisaka]

M60A3-84 is a Ukrainian project to modernize the American M60A3 main battle tank, developed in the early 2000s at the KMDB. It was planned to install on the tank a welded turret with a 120-mm gun, an engine-transmission compartment with a 6TD-2 engine and some other components and systems from the T-84-120 Yatagan tank. In 2013, KMDB proposed to retrofit the tank with a dynamic protection complex (“Knife” or “Duplet”), an active protection complex “Zaslon” and an optical-electronic countermeasures complex “Varta”. Since there were no orders for modernization, the tank was not produced.

[Revolver]

The first bet from Zelensky: “... and delivery at your expense!” Who is bigger?

[Romario_Argo]

strange
and the US Navy ordered 30 new tank landing ships until 2030
LAW amphibious assault ship concept

[Grossvater]

“Tanks have become useless for the fleet”

They swim very poorly

[75 Sergey]

Now they will drag me to Ukraine.
Why weren’t they demilitarized, since they are on free sale?

[Mr. One Two]

One ruble, three rubles in a pile, three in a pile)

[Pavel57]

M60 to Ukraine is unlikely. Obvious trash.