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The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun M48, armored, full-tracked, combat vehicle of the medium-gun tank class."
Tanks in the series include: M46 Patton, a medium tank model operational during the Korean War; M47 Patton, the first US main battle tank, in service from 1952 through 1959 with the U.S. Army, and through the mid-1990s in foreign service. M48 Patton, a tank model in service from the mid-1950s through the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army, and ...
M48 Patton tank, combat, full-tracked, 90 mm, 49-ton (1951) M48A1 tank, combat, gun stabilized in elevation and azimuth, 90 mm M48A1E1 tank, combat, full-track, British 105 mm (M48A1 chassis)
When the bow machine gunner position was removed, the M48 Patton became the first U.S. medium gun tank to have a centerline [b] tank driver, no bow machine gun, and a 4-man crew. This contrasts all preceding tank designs, which had 5 or more crewmen per tank and the driver was off-set left or right at the front.
The M47 Patton was the second tank of the Patton series, and one of the U.S Army's principal medium gun tanks of the Cold War. It had a 90 mm gun and a crew of 5. The M47 was the U.S. Army and Marine Corps primary tank, intended to replace the M46 Patton and M4 Sherman tanks. Although roughly similar (from a distance) to the later M48 and M60 ...
The course of the M48 Patton's tank production was the source of widespread Congressional debate. The Bureau of the Budget believed that the Army was not progressing with sufficient speed in its tank modernization program and recommended the immediate replacement of the M48A2. Correctly predicting that Congress would not approve the procurement ...
Desperate for armor, Russia is reactivating BTR-50P amphibious armored personnel carriers, which were built over a half century ago between 1954 and 1970.
Variant based on the M60 Patton and M48 Patton. 1990 Taiwan: 100 49 t 750 hp 203 km Variant from M48 Patton. M-55S: 1992 Soviet Union Slovenia Israel: 30 38 t 600 hp 580 km T-54/T-55 modernization developed by STO RAVNE and Elbit Systems. Slovenia modernized the 30 T-55 tanks in its inventory.