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Leopard 2 and M60 Patton

Name:	Leopard 2	M60 Patton
Type:	Main battle tank	Main battle tank
Origin:	Germany	USA
Produced:	1979	1960–1987
Unit cost:	5.74 million $ (2A6)	-

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Specifications

Main armament:	120 mm Rheinmetall L55 smoothbore gun	105 mm (4.1 in) M68 gun (M60/A1/A3)
Engine:	MTU-12-cylinder-Diesel engine MB 873-Ka 501	AVDS-1790-2 V12, air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine
Speed:	72 km/h (45 mph)	48 km/h (30 mph)
Weight:	55.15 - 62.5 tones	48 tonnes

Crew:	4	4

Caliber

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Dimensions

Length:	9.97 m	9.31 m
Width:	3.75 m	3.63 m
Height:	3.0 m	3.21 m

Images

Leopard 2

Author: "Leopard 2 A5 der Bundeswehr" by Bundeswehr-Fotos - originally posted to Flickr as Leopard 2 A5. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_2_A5_der_Bundeswehr.jpg#/media/File:Leopard_2_A5_der_Bundeswehr.jpg License

M60 Patton

Author: "American M60A3 tank Lake Charles, Louisiana April 2005" by User:DanielCD - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_M60A3_tank_Lake_Charles,_Louisiana_April_2005.jpg#/media/File:American_M60A3_tank_Lake_Charles,_Louisiana_April_2005.jpg License