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The M46 proved to be capable against North Korean T-34 medium tanks. [8] By the end of 1950, 200 M46 Pattons had been fielded, forming about 15% of US tank strength in Korea; the balance of 1,326 tanks shipped to Korea during 1950 were 679 M4A3 Shermans (including the M4A3E8 variant), 309 M26 Pershings, and 138 M24 Chaffee light tanks.
Patton tank may refer to any of a series of tanks used by the United States military from the 1950s to the 1990s, named for General George S. Patton. 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 ...
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 M46 Patton became a completely upgraded and modernized version of the M26 Pershing, and a total of 1,168 M46 tanks were manufactured between 1949 and 1951. On 8 August 1950 the first M46 Pattons were deployed to South Korea.
M47 Patton tank, combat, M46 w/T42 turret, full-track, 90 mm, 48.5-ton M48 Patton tank, combat, full-tracked, 90 mm, 49-ton (1951) M48A1 tank, combat, gun stabilized in elevation and azimuth, 90 mm
The M47 Patton was an American medium tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton. It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates of tanks in battle.
M46 or M-46 most often refers to: M46 Patton, an American main battle tank; Messier 46, an open star cluster in the constellation Puppis; 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46), a Soviet artillery piece; M46 or M-46 may also refer to: Volvo M46 transmission, a Volvo M45 (Four-speed) with an electric overdrive added
U.S. M46 Patton tanks, painted with tiger heads thought to demoralize Chinese forces. M47 Patton I tank M48A3K tank. Beginning in 1945, the country which became South Korea was controlled by American forces and the remaining IJA forces which remained in place to assist until they were repatriated to Japan.