Design
Based on the chassis of the M60 Patton tank, the armament was changed from using the 105mm M68 rifled tank gun used on the standard M60/A1/A3, to a 165mm M135 short-barrelled demolition gun with 30 rounds of HEP (High Explosive, Plastic) ammunition. The M135 is a license-built copy of the 165 mm L9A1 gun that was used on the British Army's FV4003 Centurion Mk.5 AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank. Depending on the usage, the gun can be depressed and elevated against targets up to an effective range of 925 metres (1,012 yd).
The gun's primary purpose is for clearing defensive fixtures and obstacles such as walls, fences, roadblocks, bunkers, or for destroying buildings and is generally not meant to be for use in anti-personnel or anti-tank warfare. Also, it is armed with a coaxial 7.62×51mm NATO M73 machine gun, with 2,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, as well as a .50 caliber M85 machine gun mounted in the commander's cupola, with 600 rounds of ammunition. As an alternative to the mounted dozerblade, the vehicle can also be equipped with a mine clearing rake for the clearing of land mines. In total, 291 M728 CEVs was produced.
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