1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mech), 1976 (Source: Markus Bach) An M60A2 at the Hohenfels training area. The M60A2 was issued to the troops in 1974 and deployed to Europe as early as the following year. It was meant to provide support to the traditional tank forces serving there at the time, but the M60A2 was never a popular tank with its users.