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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 Tank: M48.It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and was the main battle tank of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War.
English: OPERATION PERSHING An M48 tank of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), moves through the village of Truong Lan, Binh Dinh Province, approximately 90 km northeast of An Khe during a search for the VC.
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M48A2E1 tank, combat, multi-fuel engine, full-track, 90 mm (1959) M48A3 tank, combat, production version of M48A1E2, 90 mm (1960) M48A4 tank, combat, f-t, M60 turret, 105 mm, (M48E3 chassis) (1965) M48C tank, mild steel, 'C' for condemned embossed into right front hull; M48E1 tank, first with British gun, full-tracked, 105 mm; M48E2 tank ...
APERS-T rounds were available for 90mm gun on M48 tanks and the 152mm gun on the M551 Sheridan armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle. After the Vietnam War the 105mm tank gun M68 was also provided APER-T ammunition M494. APERS-T rounds in 40×46 mm were also available for the M79, M203, and M320 grenade launchers.
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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 ...