- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
We are excited to present to you the M60A2 Starship - A Main Battle Tank based on the M60 chassis with good mobility, more than decent armour and great armament that was also used on the M551 Sheridan.
The M60A2 was in development since the 1960s as a temporary solution for the mutual German-American joint project of the Main Battle Tank - the MBT-70. The tank went into the series production in the 1974/75 and was based on the classic M60 hull with completely new, very well armoured (up to 290 mm!), low profile turret housing the 152mm M81 gun/launcher system that was able to use the wire-guided MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-tank missile as well as the conventional ammunition.
Starships was powered by the Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine with a maximum of 750 horsepower. With a combat weight of 52 tons it was able to reach 48 km/h on the road or 25 km/h during cross-country combat deployments.
The M60A2 was a short-lived production model and was eventually replaced by the M60A3 - many of the Starships were converted into the A3 model or specialized vehicles such as bridgelayers. Chrysler produced cca 530 vehicles until the production was discontinued.
This machine will surely be a well appreciated addition to the American medium Ground Forces tech tree. Good enough armour with excellent armament and decent mobility guarantees versatility and the ability to step into most of the roles on the battlefield.
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Looking for good enough long range support for your advancing heavy and MBTs? No problem, load in some Shillelagh and cover your allies! Are your friendlies stuck in a difficult situation and cannot move? Flank your enemies from sides using your mobility and punish them with some HEAT rounds. Were your light tanks overwhelmed by the front line of enemy heavy tanks? Go ahead and draw some fire on yourself, your turret armour can surely take some beating without causing a headache to your crew.
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Starship (nicknamed due to its space-aged technology) will not bring anything unknown to the table, but because it combines well known elements from other existing tanks we are convinced that tankers will get used to it very well and it will quickly become player favourite vehicle.
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Comments (194)
Finally it come true ... will be talismaned as soon it researched!! =D
I heard that the real M60A2 was a flop..........
The tank wasn't necessarily a flop. The missile though, that was a flop.
this thing is going to troll like crazy at 8.3. IT-1s are going to be jealous
What if you just put all these vehicles into one big patch which yu can prebuy just like other ones and there would be rank 6-7-8-9 tanks? what if? I know you have to work with it, but I'd buy it ;) But now, you just messing up all the post war, war BR-s and anything unbalanced. Stop for a minute and think it oput, I think you do that right now, but...... Think a little bit deeper :D Good way, put modern tanks, (planes if you can) and ships, helicopters!!!! Would be a good game and lasts longer.
Okay , the M60 + M60A1 where like 60s tanks. But this thing came in to play in like 1969. I think that's a little much. Plus, now that you are looking back at the M60 tanks, please fix their turret armor; I'm relatively sure they had more than what they have in game. I think their IRL mantle was about 14 inches thick, instead of the 5 we have in game :/
1st the T-55 and now the Starship and possibly more to come? Late game heavy tanks like the IS-4 or M103 are going to go extinct, esp broken ones like the Maus (unless the BR is extended ofc)... Germans, British, and Japan better ALL also be getting some love or they are poi'd.
Gun looks so small for a 152
Won't this make the M551 useless? I hope this will be 8.3 and M551 will be lowered to 7.7 to make it balanced.
YES!!!!!
THIS IS AMAZING! However it also brings an "issue", as more and more end tier vehicles are added to the game the XP requiered to unlock and, more importantly, spade each vehicle in a line becomes more and more astronomical. Lines like the soviet and american medium tanks in tier 5 are a prime example. As a suggestion, I would say that only the end vehicle should cost the full 380000 XP to unlock and have the full equipment prices, that way it stays prestigious to own... what do you think?
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