Iran Bought 460 M60 Tanks That Were Made in the USA Back in the 1970s and Can’t Stop Upgrading Them Decades Later

Iran Bought 460 M60 Tanks That Were Made in the USA Back in the 1970s and Can’t Stop Upgrading Them Decades Later

A 2016 US Army threat report listed 150 Iranian M60A1s, and roughly the same figure was still in use when the Soleiman-402 was unveiled eight years later. That total likely covers vehicles in very different conditions — operational tanks, Samsam conversions, new Soleimans, stored hulls and parts donors. As of 11 August 2026, Tehran had published neither the number of conversions completed nor how many of the 150 could actually deploy.