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This is the only tank that remains at Aberdeen's now closed museum. Named after the famous World War 2 general, George S. Patton. Produced from 1960-1987, the tank was outfitted with a 105 mm main gun and 6 inch thick armor. This tank class saw action in Vietnam, Israel's Yom Kippur War and other conflicts in the Middle East. Although the US Army had replaced it with the Abrams, the tank continues to be in use by the armies of Israel, Egypt, Iran and other various countries (most of them Middle Eastern).

Description
This is the only tank that remains at Aberdeen's now closed museum. Named after the famous World War 2 general, George S. Patton. Produced from 1960-1987, the tank was outfitted with a 105 mm main gun and 6 inch thick armor. This tank class saw action in Vietnam, Israel's Yom Kippur War and other conflicts in the Middle East. Although the US Army had replaced it with the Abrams, the tank continues to be in use by the armies of Israel, Egypt, Iran and other various countries (most of them Middle Eastern).