In the early 1970s, the Argentine Government acquired a single M60A1 for evaluation for possible service with the Argentine military under the terms of the Conte-Long Amendment to the Foreign Assistance and Related Appropriations Act of 1968. However, in 1973 relations between the two countries began to deteriorate. 1975's Operativo Independencia and the 1976 Argentine coup d'état ended further military assistance. It was never placed into service and stands as a gate guard outside the General Lemos Combat Support School at Campo de Mayo, near Buenos Aries.