Top Ten Infantry Fighting Vehicles

[elvandesantos]

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wala naapil ang ambhrams??

the thread said "top ten infantry fighting vehicles" not "main battle tanks"

the philippine simba falls under this category in which philippines has exclusive rights.. and one of the most battle tested. unlike others na pa choy2x lng. we also have the m113 and the upgrade version thanks to arroyo the acv300 if im not mistaken. and the humvee-slowly being replaced by km250 i think by the koreans.

this is exactly our guys needed there in battle. proven. not just looks.

[elvandesantos]

we have some of those..















pictures care of timawa.net
lets just be proud of what we had and be thankful to the guys who bleed to defend our democracy guys..

[elvandesantos]

but did you know... long long time ago we have this.:

[pantaleon]

but did you know... long long time ago we have this.:

Panahon ni ni marcos?

[Deadstring67]

iyay... thanks sa pics bro elvandesantos...

ako sad ukayon akoa mga lista sa atong mga tangke sa pinas

[elvandesantos]

Panahon ni ni marcos?

yup. great jets too like the f8 crusaders and the f5 where bought during the time of marcos

[cptn_star]

ang MX-8 asa man? wa lagi ko kita?

[elvandesantos]

ang MX-8 asa man? wa lagi ko kita?

mx-8 mk3. i think its in sulu right now. from what ive read in other forums

proudly philippine made!

[cptn_star]

there you go. gawang pinoy.

[pantaleon]

but did you know... long long time ago we have this.:

M60A3

The 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank, M60, is also known unofficially as the M60 Patton,[2] and is a first-generation main battle tank (MBT)[3] introduced in December 1960.[4] It was widely used by the U.S. and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today despite being superseded by the M1 Abrams. Egypt is currently the largest operator with 1,700 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with more than 900 upgraded units in service, and Israel is third with over 700 units of Israeli variants.

M60A3 Series


M60A3 main battle tank moves along a street in Germany during Exercise REFORGER '85.



M60A3 in the Republic of China Army (Taiwan)


In 1978, work began on the M60A3 variant. It featured a number of technological enhancements, including smoke dischargers, a new rangefinder, and M21 ballistic computer, and a turret stabilization system. All active American M60s eventually underwent the conversion to the A3 model.
The M60A3 was phased out of US service in 1997,[11] but it remained a front-line MBT into the 21st century for a number of other countries.
While overall a considerably less effective tank than the M1 Abrams, the M60A3 did have some limited advantages over some M1 models:

• The M60A3 had a notably better thermal imaging system than that of the M1 up into the 21st Century, when many M1s had newer ones installed. It was, however, considerably noisier, emitting a loud clicking sound audible several meters outside the vehicle.
• The M60A3 had an exterior phone for infantry to talk directly to the crew inside. This feature was also installed on some USMC M1A1s in Iraq and is now being incorporated into all active Abrams.
• The diesel had lower performance, but also had lower cost, maintenance and better fuel efficiency.
• The exhaust temperature of an M1's turbine is very high, which makes it dangerous for infantry to take cover behind it, rather than the diesel engine on an M60A3.
• The escape hatch located under the hull of the M60A3 is not present in the M1 Abrams (due to the Abrams having lower clearance between the ground and the bottom of the hull), making it more difficult for the crew to bail out of a battle-damaged Abrams or evacuate casualties than an M60A3.
• The M60 series' L68A1 105 mm main gun fires a much wider variety of ammunition than the currently used 120 mm smoothbore on the M1 series, including a dedicated HE (High Explosive) round, and a White Phosphorus smoke round, among others.
• The M60 series includes instrumentation enabling indirect fire as ad-hoc artillery if needed.

An M60A3 TTS was involved in a civilian police chase in 1995, when one was stolen by Shawn Nelson from a California Army National Guard armory and taken on a rampage through San Diego, California. Nelson was killed by police when he refused to surrender after the tank became stuck on concrete freeway dividers. News footage of this incident has been shown numerous times on World's Wildest Police Videos and other similar programs.