McNamara hoped to work with West Germany to create a solid NATO-used tank. In the early 1960s, Germany and the U.S. signed a ...

The M1 Abrams tank is derived from a collaborative 1960’s program between the U.S. and West Germany to produce replacement tanks for the M60 Patton and Leopard 1 respectively.

During the Cold War, one U.S. Army main battle tank served longer and fought on more battlefields than any other. While the world is familiar with the now-iconic M1 Abrams tank, the M60 tank ...