US Deploying Tanks To Germany

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I understand now. From 1980, how long before all active units had the M1? As for reserve and guard units, do any of them still use the M60?
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skb12172 wrote:I understand now. From 1980, how long before all active units had the M1? As for reserve and guard units, do any of them still use the M60?
I think the marines were the last to have them, sometime around 1990..
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Saw them being used in a desert exercise at 29 Palms, CA, in 1991.
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IIRC the Marines deployed all M-60's during DESERT SHIELD/STORM (90-91). The afloat units acting as an Amphib threat to tie down forces on the coast might have had some M-1's, but I never saw or read about anything but 60's with the Marines.
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skb12172 wrote:I understand now. From 1980, how long before all active units had the M1? As for reserve and guard units, do any of them still use the M60?
Dunno for sure. Maybe one of our former Tread Heads can enlighten us.

I know the Marines had M1s by 2001, but don't know if they were fully deployed Corps wide or not.

No armor ANG or USAR units around here so I don't have a good feel for how deployment went after I got out. I know that ANG and USAR units deployed for IFOR duty in the Balkans during the mid-late 90's had M-1s, but I don't know if they were using their own equipment sets or drew them from theater stocks when they go in theater.
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