M60A1 Main Battle Tank

M60A1 Main Battle Tank (HM1QT7)

Location: Lexington, NE 68850 Dawson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 44.545', W 99° 44.25'

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Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles

This tank weighs 53 tons with crew and equipment. The armament is one 105 mm main gun, a 7.62, co-axial machine gun and a .50 caliber m85 machine gun on the commanders cupola. The hull and turret are homogeneous steel castings.
The tank is equipped with a mounted bulldozer M9 used to clear mines and other combat related earth moving. The main gun is in the rear "stowed" position.
Supported by a torsion bar suspension, the tank is powered by a 12 cylinder, air-cooled, Diesel engine, built by Continental, generating 750 hp at 2,400 rpm. Recommended speed is 30 mph with an average fuel consumption of 1.3 gallons per mile.
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HM NumberHM1QT7
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Placed ByHeartland Museum of Military Vehicles
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Date Added Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 at 9:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14T E 437734 N 4510425
Decimal Degrees40.74241667, -99.73750000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 44.545', W 99° 44.25'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 44' 32.7" N, 99° 44' 15" W
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Area Code(s)308
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 606 Heartland Rd, Lexington NE 68850, US
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