page_title: Non-U.S. operators of the M60 Patton
section_title: Taiwan
hierarchical_section_title: Non-U.S. operators of the M60 Patton / Taiwan
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 2011年成功嶺營區開放活動，介壽臺大校場展示的中華民國陸軍M60A3 TTS群。
context_page_description: M60 Patton non US-operators are the non U.S. nations that operate or used the M60 Patton Main Battle Tank. The M60 Patton entered service with the U.S. military in May 1959 and served until 1991 and as a training aid until 2005. During this time it was the primary tank of the U.S.Army and U.S. Marine Corps.
  The M60 Patton was exported to 26 other nations, and continues to serve in a military role in some parts of the world.
context_section_description: Taiwan received its first shipments of M60A3TTS tanks from the United States under the terms of the 1954 Taiwan – United States Mutual Defense Treaty and the 1951 Mutual Security Act until 1979. Further military assistance has been provided under Export-Import Bank financing and Overseas Private Investment Corporation guarantees. In August 1997 it was announced that the United States would transfer 180 surplus M60A3 tanks to Taiwan over the following 12 months in a deal worth about $1 million per vehicle. Taiwan is acquiring a total of 480 M60A3 tanks; they will join an already large tank force consisting of some 450 M48H and 300 M48A5 medium tanks and over 1,000 much older M41 and M24 light tanks (most of which are said to be in storage). In October 2017, Taiwan abandoned attempts to acquire surplus M1 Abrams from the U.S. and announced an upgrade program for 450 of its M60A3s, consisting of replacing the main gun with a new 120 mm cannon, as well as upgrading the ballistics computer, changing turret hydraulics to electric, and other systems. Testing and evaluation are expected to be completed in 2019 and application of new features to start in 2020. In May 2018, Taiwan's Minister of National Defense told a legislative panel they are still interested in purchasing an initial batch of 108 U.S. surplus M1A2 Abrams tanks, enough to equip two battalions. Other than the M60A3 TTS, Taiwan also has approximately 400 CM-11 Brave Tiger tanks developed by General Dynamics and the ROC Army's Armored Vehicle Development Center. The CM11 is a hybrid M60 chassis fitted with the turret from the older M48A5 Patton and the fire control system (FCS) of the M1 Abrams. Some analysts have expressed concerns that Taiwan's terrain and some of its bridges and roads are unsuitable for the M1A1's 60 ton weight.
caption: M60A3 TTS of the Taiwanese army
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