The main battle tank M60 became the next stage in the unspoken competition between American and Soviet tank builders, and the overseas side in this confrontation constantly acted as a catch-up. The predecessor - the M48 "Paton II" (see "Armored Collection" No. 1 for 2004) was created as a counterweight T-34-85, however, it was almost ten years late, and it turned out quite raw. By the mid-1950s, the designers managed to "cure" the M48 from most of the "childhood diseases," after which, according to the military, the Patton II could well claim the role of a tank capable of fighting the "thirty-four." Only it is not for nothing that the concept of "arms race" exists - the Yankees did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, having received a truly modern and reliable tank, as intelligence provided detailed information about the Soviet T-54.