Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - M60 ruru ikike ọrụ mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ na US Army European units na-amalite na Disemba 1960. Israel jiri ụgbọ agha mbụ nke M60 mee ihe n'oge Agha Yom Kippur nke 1973 ebe ọ hụrụ ọrụ n'okpuru aha "Magach 6", na-eme nke ọma na ọgụ megide tankị ndị yiri ya dị ka T-62. N'afọ 1982, ndị Israel jiri M60 ọzọ n'oge Agha Lebanon nke 1982, nke nwere nkwalite dị ka ihe mgbawa na-agbanwe agbanwe iji chebe megide ndị agha na-eduzi nke gosipụtara na ọ dị irè na ibibi tankị. E jikwa M60 mee ihe na 1983 n'oge Operation Urgent Fury
, na-akwado ndị US Marines n'agha amphibious na Grenada. M60s e nyere Iran jekwara ozi n'agha Iran-Iraq. United States kasị ukwuu nkenye ọnọdụ nke M60s bụ na 1991 Gulf War, ebe US Marines onwem na M60A1s n'ụzọ dị irè meriri Iraqi armored agha, gụnyere T-72 tankị. United States wepụrụ M60 n'agha n'ihu agha mgbe Operation Desert Storm gasịrị, ebe a na-ewepụ tankị ikpeazụ site na National Guard ọrụ na 1997. Ụgbọala usoro M60 na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ n'ihu na ọtụtụ ndị agha nke mba dị iche iche, ọ bụ ezie na ọtụtụ n'ime ndị a agbanweela nke ọma ma nwekwuo ike ọkụ ha, ngagharị na nchebe iji mee ka ọgụ ha dịkwuo mma n'ọgbọ agha nke oge a.