Chrysler M60 as General Dynamics M1 'Abrams'

Chrysler M60 in American Sniper, Movie, 2014

Class: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
truckface ◊ 2015-01-23 01:54	Chieftain as Abrams? -- Last edit: 2015-01-23 01:58:12
mike962 ◊ 2015-01-23 08:14	Made For Movie M1 Abrams a quite good replica but you see the haul is much wider and lower on the real thing http://media.defenceindustrydaily.com/images/LAND_M1A1_Abrams_lg.jpg
PeteP ◊ 2015-01-23 17:58	The tracks are wrong for a Chieftain based conversion, I would say it was probably done on an M60 made to look like an M1A2 Abrams as that was what was used in the second gulf war.
chicomarx ◊ 2015-01-24 03:48
Pokeoddsponge ◊ 2015-01-24 11:48	Tracks/wheels look like Patton series to me: http://pics.imcdb.org/3321/americansniper162.jpg Link to "upload.wikimedia.org"
badlymad ◊ 2015-01-30 05:05	There's a BTS image that shows that the tank is a M60 Patton which has been disguised with CG in post-production to look like a M1A1. Presumably this was one of the scenes that was filmed in Morocco where a M60 would be readily available. A similar trick was used in "Green Zone" to disguise UH-1 Hueys as UH-60 Blackhawks. The image in question: http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/File:AmerSBTS_502.jpg -- Last edit: 2015-01-30 05:09:34
mike962 ◊ 2015-01-30 12:09	so an Chrysler M60 Patton made to look like M1 abrams, model origin USA
5hRohl ◊ 2019-03-22 05:00	Kinda reminds me os M60-2000 (120S).