This tank was crewed by a recently deceased friend. He’s the guy sitting on the turret. Anyhow here’s what I know about the picture. If anyone has any more information it would be greatly appreciated.
Somewhere in Germany, early mid 70s time frame. It’s an M60 slick I think. What puzzles me most is the paint scheme. The vehicle in the background looks to my eye to be perhaps in MASSTER but the M60 has me puzzled. Looks like a REFORGER exercise but what paint scheme. There is clearly a hard straight edge on the turret but it’s difficult to make out anything else.
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This might be easier than having everyone turn their laptops upside down. 
The M60A1 looks like MASSTER to me as well.
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Thanks. I actually fixed it while you were responding. So it’s an A1. That helps. I’m inclined to agree on the MASSTER but what’s the deal with the light colored hard edge on the turret?
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The broad color strokes on the right side of this tank almost mirror those of your photo.
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Thanks. That light tan does look almost straight.
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Is there any way to tell if it’s red or blue force?
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I wouldn’t sweat MASSTER having hard edges - it was a hard-eged pattern in any case, being hand painted.
Almost vertical, and even vertical patterns were not unknown; just look at the pattern on this well -known pic of a Sheridan, on the hull:
I think you’ll agree, plenty of straight lines/edges there(!)
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Thanks. I kind of came to that conclusion, but it’s good to get confirmation from guys that know better than me.
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So some explanation is in order I suppose. My friend in the photo used to love telling the following story. On exercise, road march with proper intervals and MPs. Some burger in a VW thinks he can make it between two tanks. Crunch. Of course the Politzi show up and start to write the guy up. This fine German citizen starts throwing a fit. Ranting and raving. His car of course is now scrap metal. Meanwhile, my buddy calmly reached into the stowage box and takes out a can of paint and sprays the scratch on the tank. The poor burger is now apoplectic.
A friend and I are planning on recreating this scene in a diorama. With any luck we might get a start on it in the not too distant future.
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Wow, has it been almost thirty years? I did a diorama using a Verlinden dead horse and the Academy Warrior with no upgrades. While a villager (horse owner) and commander were talking, I had a crewman painting a horse kill on the Warrior.
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That’d be great if you posted pics Robert ! Sounds like a great scene.
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My wife (girlfriend at the time) didn’t care for it at all. I still have the horse in a box somewhere. I want to use it in a famous Berlin scene, where civilians are cutting chunks out of a dead horse. Neither my wife nor my daughter would care for that either, but what the hell - they’re stuck with me now.
As for the Warrior, I became disenchanted with it when I discovered how inaccurate it was. I built it before the internet was a big deal. If I even still have it, and I don’t think I do, it won’t be in good shape.
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I have a similar story. My unit was roadmarching to Ft. Bragg. Our first four trucks were all 5t M939 series with big MI Huts on the back and pulling a big generator trailer. I was second in line. First in line guy was horseplaying back and forth with his assistant driver all day. Anyway, we were heading towards a bridge getting close to the base when some yahoo in a 70’s land yacht decided to pass our convoy on the shoulder. He got past me but bumped the generator of the guy ahead of me. The smart move would’ve been to pull in and pass later. Instead he tries to pull around the lead truck. The A-Driver is going nuts but the Driver think’s he’s still goofing around while Joe Citizen misjudges the pass and catches the 5t front bumper. His car gets swung around and is now being pushed towards the bridge sideways with that bumper pushing thru the window pillars into the car. The driver finally stops and gets out. Joe Citizen is going apefeces (tho nobody was injured) about suing the Army blah blah blah. Anyway, we get them extricated and into local PD custody and get on our way. If you looked really carefully, you could see a scratch (not even a scrape) on the bumper where it destroyed the car. Guy eventually did try to sue, but unsuccessfully as it was completely his fault.
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Note to self: never pick a fight with something bigger than yourself ..
To bad there isn’t any (??) 1/35 scale landyachts …
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Going up a mountain road in Lebanon in 82 driving the M107 and the turns were brutal and steep. Swung a hard right turn and put the barrel right through a 1981 Mercedes taxi cabs windshield ,That was supposed to be moved off the road by our road guards but the civilian didn’t listen.. it sure did move .. not even a scratch on the barrel . God I miss that stuff
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I bet the taxi driver was surprised …
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Before my time in, but a great example of what can happen…
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He wasn’t in the car. It was in front of his house and he’d been told to move it and hour prior 
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The bumper number appears to indicate that the vehicle belongs to the 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 63rd Armor. The M-113 in the background certainly appears to be in MASSTER as does the M-60. Is this the correct Divisional assignment, as one reference seems to indicate that 3/63 Armor was part of 2nd Brigade, 3rd ID at Harvey Barracks, Kitzingen.
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