Kammala jumla mai zuwa: M60 ya kai ga iyawar aiki a lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa sojojin Amurka na Turai da suka fara a watan Disamba na 1960. Amfani na farko da aka yi da M60 ya kasance ne a lokacin Yaƙin Yom Kippur na 1973 inda ya ga sabis a ƙarƙashin sunan "Magach 6", yana yin kyau a yaƙi da tankuna masu kama da irin su T-62. A cikin 1982 Isra'ilawa sun sake amfani da M60 a lokacin Yaƙin Lebanon na 1982, sanye take da haɓakawa kamar su fashewar fashewar fashewa don karewa daga makamai masu linzami waɗanda suka tabbatar da inganci sosai wajen lalata tankuna. M60 kuma ya ga amfani a 1983 a lokacin
Operation Urgent Fury, yana tallafawa Marines na Amurka a cikin harin amphibious a Grenada. M60s da aka kawo wa Iran sun kuma yi aiki a yakin Iran-Iraq. Babban aikin Amurka na M60s ya kasance a cikin Yakin Gulf na 1991, inda sojojin Amurka da ke sanye da M60A1s suka yi nasara da sojojin Iraqi, ciki har da tankunan T-72. Amurka ta yi ritaya da M60 daga yaƙin gaba bayan Operation Desert Storm, tare da tankuna na ƙarshe da aka yi ritaya daga sabis na National Guard a 1997. Motocin M60-series suna ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin layin gaba tare da sojojin ƙasashe da yawa, kodayake yawancin waɗannan an canza su sosai kuma an haɓaka ƙarfin wuta, motsi da kariya don haɓaka tasirin yaƙi a fagen yaƙi na zamani.