Summary and Key Points: In the 1960s, the United States and West Germany partnered to develop the MBT-70, an advanced main battle tank intended to replace both the American M60 Patton and the German ...
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The MBT-70 super tank was a super failure
Recent reports about Europe’s flagging next-generation fighter programs and the related industrial and political battles taking place show once more how complex multinational defense projects are. The ...
The MBT-70 was built to outperform the Soviet tanks of the era. It included futuristic features like a 152 mm XM150 gun/launcher and a hydropneumatics suspension system. Perhaps the most novel feature ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Ultimately the MBT-70 was killed by cost overruns and technological complexity. Rather than developing some design features and then incorporating them into the ...
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