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by this date it's most likely an M60A3(TTS); also, the vehicle has covers on the smoke grenade launchers on either side of the turret, and that may be the cross wind sensor between the arms of the TC and Loader. The thermal sleeve on the main gun barrel before the bore evacuator is usually removed when the Hoffman device is strapped on, as this vehicle has.

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This is an M60A1 from the 8th (U.S.) Infantry Division (8th ID). The M60A1 had a stereoscopic range finder, the M60A3 has a laser range finder. The M60A3's laser range finder used the same range finder bubbles (at top of turret on both sides midway back) as the M60A1, but only the right bubble contained any optics. As the laser was considered a weapon, the right range finder bubble opening was locked closed except for live gunnery. The left range finder bubble on an M60A3 was not used and thus closed over/sealed closed. It is not on this vehicle. Second, the M60A3 had a thermal sleeve on the main gun and a crosswind sensor mounted at the rear of the turret roof. This vehicle has neither. If this was an M60A3 (but it is not), it would be difficult to determine whether it was the TTS version (Tank Thermal Sight) for three reasons. First, the TTS glass looks quite different from the glass of the gunner's sight in the non-TTS version and this can not be seen from the angle of this photo. Second, the M60A3 (TTS) did not retain the searchlight and mount from the M60A1. The searchlight was generally removed for non-live fire training, but the camo net on the main gun covers where the searchlight mount would be on a non-TTS M60A3. Finally, while only a few armor battalions in the 8ID had the M60A3 (non-TTS) in 1982, even fewer had the M60A3 (TTS) by September 1982 (I believe 3-8 Cav was the only one). Final notes: smoke grenade launchers on either side of the turret were installed on M60A1 MBTs as a simple "in-theater" modification (most, if not all, armored vehicles had them by this time). The possible crosswind sensor on this vehicle is the antenna tip for the vehicle's main radio (VRC-12?) (the crosswind sensor could be lashed/tied down to the turret top to prevent damage, so lack of the sensor in the photo means one has to look elsewhere to determine the vehicle type). Finally, in this editor's experience, the thermal sleeve modification for the M60A3 (on the main gun barrel fore and aft of the bore evacuator) was never removed when the Hoffman device (the grenade launcher-like device on the main gun) was attached.

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M60A1 Rise There is no wind sincer showing this was a Charli Company command Tank probaly a 34 or a 31 the antennas 2 one between the TC and loader was for the primary you can see the plastic ball on the end as well as the tie down clip and the Aux antenna next to the loaders hatch yes it has smoke grenade chargers on each side these have the covers on them . I have never heard of taking the thermal shield off the Tube.