There are 41 Land Systems from 1960 - 1969 in the Military Factory.
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AMX VCI (Vehicule de Combat d'Infanterie)
The French-made AMX VCI (for "Vehicule de Combat d'Infanterie") infantry combat system was designed to a specific French Army vehicle requirement made in the years following World War 2. The VCI was based on the AMX-13 light ...
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AMX-30
The AMX-30 stemmed from a post-World War 2 design that saw many nations in Europe attempting to refit and update their armor inventories. With a three-way organized effort between West Germany, France and Italy to design and ...
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BMP-1
The BMP-1 APC replaced the BTR-50 series of APC. It was in production for 20 years before being replaced by the improved BMP-2 series of APC, detailed elsewhere on this site. The BMP-1 can carry a compliment of 8 combat ready...
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BRDM-2
The BRDM-2 is an update to the BRDM-1 4x4 Scout Car. Updates include night vision equipment, more powerful engine which in turn improves the 4x4 cross-country performance and handling (along with two powered-belly wheels tha...
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BTR-60
The BTR-60PB represents the final production version of the BTR-60 series of 8x8 APC developed in the late 1950s. The system is fully amphibious and can carry 14 fully-loaded combat personnel in an enclosed passenger compartm...
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Chaimite V-200
The Chaimite V-200 is a Portuguese-designed and produced 4x4 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) and has the ability to become completely amphibious. The Chaimite V-200 is served by a crew of three made up of a commander, driver ...
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Chieftain
The British Chieftain main battle tank appeared in the 1960s and quickly established itself as the most powerful tank on the market, that is, until the arrival of the West German Leopard 1 series. A replacement for the aging ...
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D-30 Lyagushka (M1963)
The D-30 122mm howitzer became the standard Soviet artillery battlefield system, replacing the aging M-30 (M1938) 122mm howitzer. The original system was serving in support of motorized rifle elements equipped with the BTR se...
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FV432
The FV432 was a solid, if unspectacular, armored personnel carrier for the British Army, seeing over 3,000 in total production completed. Much like other multi-faceted chassis of this type, the FV432 continues to serve in oth...
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Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard 1
A classic post-war German tank design, the Leopard 1 would feature some resemblance to German tank design and engineering from World War 2, with the jagged skirting and turret-forward placement.
The Leopard 1 entered servi...
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M1068 SICPS
The M1068 SICPS was designed from the M113A2 Gavin armored personnel carrier chassis and was a further modification of the M577A2 design. The M1068 SICPS variant was a mobile battlefield system complete with an expanded commu...
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M109 Paladin
Much like the 1960's era M113 armored personnel carrier, the M109 Paladin self-propelled gun has enjoyed a unique and long service life thanks in large part to sound design and a never ending series of upgrade programs. With ...
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M110
Developed in the 1950's, the M110 is a large caliber 203mm self-propelled howitzer. Developed about the same time as the M107 Self-Propelled Gun, they each share the same chassis and mounts. The crew is completely exposed to...
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M113
The M113 armored personnel carrier can be regarded as one of the most successful post-war armored vehicles. No fewer than 80,000 units were produced since the system made it's way to frontline service in 1960 with over 50 cou...
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M114
The M114 was originally designed as a battlefield recon vehicle. Poor off-road performance kept it from fulfilling the role successfully and thusly the system was entirely removed from service by the early 1980's. The extende...
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M151
The M151 Jeep is a multi-purpose utility vehicle that served a variety of battlefield roles. It represents a variation of the World War Two Wyllis-style jeep. The US Marine Corps utilized the M151 as a Fast Attack Vehicle (FA...
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M163 Vulcan
The M163 Vulcan 20mm Air Defense System is composed of a 20mm electrically-operated gatling gun on an M157A1 turret gun mount. The weapon system is fused to the chassis of the M113A Gavin Armored Personnel Carrier. It is a sh...
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M48 Chaparral
The M48 Chaparral SAM system consists of an infrared heat seeking missile, a launcher with a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sight, and a tracked vehicle. The defense system was designed to be used in conjunction with the sho...
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M48 Patton
The M48 Patton Main Battle Tank was effectively the first tank engineering design in post-war America. The M46 and M47 Patton versions were merely developments of the World War Two M26 Pershing, which in itself, was a develop...
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M551 Sheridan
The M-551A1 Sheridan is a lightly armored, tracked, air droppable, direct fire tank that can be used in airdrop missions. It uses a Laser Range Finder and Tank Thermal Sight. The Army received the Sheridan in 1967. It has bee...
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M60 Patton
A reliable and durable warhorse of the US forces over the decades, the M60 Patton Series Tank has seen over 20 years of action, including operations in both the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights during the Yom Kipper War.
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M88 Hercules
The M88 Hercules series began in the 1960s and had since run through three major conversions. The Hercules is designed as an armored recovery vehicle and is therefore intended to be used under fire for the repair and replacem...
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MIM-46 Mauler
The MIM-46 Mauler was an ill-fated attempt at a mobile surface to air defense system. The MIM-46 Mauler project was dropped after development issues resulted in various technological failures which included structural failure...
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Panhard AML 60 / 90
The French Army used the Panhard AML 60 / 90 series of light armored cars to replace the 1950s-era Daimler Ferrets. Scout / Armored Cars have served on the battlefield for decades and continue to serve today in the form of fo...
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Pbv 302 (Pansarbandvagn 302)
Though rarely considered a military powerhouse in the breath as the United States, Great Britain and Russia, it seems that Sweden has always stayed on the cutting edge of their military endeavors choosing a more calculated, b...
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Stridsvagn 103 (S-Tank)
The Scandinavian Strv 103 'S-Tank' was an extreme departure from conventional main battle tank design in post-war Europe, or the world for that matter. Tank doctrine in World War Two reserved this type of design for Assault G...
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T-62
The T-62 tank represented an update to the T-54/55 series of Soviet-produced main battle tanks. Conventional systems include a 115mm main gun, self-defense machine guns from aircraft (12.7mm machine gun) and enemy infantry an...
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Type 62
Yet another in the long line of NORINCO designs inspired by Soviet-era purchases, the Type 62 (classified as a “light tank”) is nothing more than a base version of the Type 59 built for better off road capabilities. Thusly th...
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Type 63
The Chinese NORINCO-built Type 63 is in many ways a relative to the Soviet-designed and built PT-76 troop carrier. The weapon system is fully amphibious, utilizing water bilge pumps at a fording speed of up to 12km/h (propell...
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Type 65
The Type 65 is a self-propelled anti-aircraft system produced by NORINCO in China. The system features twin 37mm cannons and is a variant on the Soviet-produced, World War Two-era Type 55 (detailed elsewhere on this site as t...
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Type 653 ARV
The Type 653 ARV is a basic battlefield Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) that is based on the Type 69 production MBT (Main Battle Tank - detailed elsewhere on this site) combat chassis. Unlike the Type 69, the Type 653 is field...
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Type 69
The NORINCO-produced Type 69 is a further indigenous development based on previous Soviet hardware purchases. The Type 69 is crewed by four personnel and comes in a type I and type II model flavor with the main difference bei...
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Vickers VMBT
The Vickers Main Battle Tank series was created with export customers in mind. It was soon discovered that foreign operators of the Centurion would find it's successor - the Chieftain - too expensive to procure and effectivel...
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ZSU-23-4 Shilka
The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" system has been - and continues to be - a much-feared anti-aircraft system for pilots all over the world. The effectiveness of the Shilka at low altitudes has been very well documented, as the system has...
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