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The M46 Patton is an American medium tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman.It was one of the U.S Army's principal medium tanks of the early Cold War, with models in service from 1949 until the mid-1950s.
The 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, had all M4 howitzer tanks, which were replaced with M26s just days before boarding ships for Korea. A total of 309 Pershings were rushed to Korea in 1950. [13] The Pershing and its derivative M46 Patton were credited with almost half of the North Korean T-34s destroyed by U.S. tanks. [14]
TV 757 – Korea Revisited (Color – 1969) Presents a look at the Republic of Korea today to show the progress and development of the nation and its people. TV 758 – Ranger (Color – 1969) Visits Fort Benning, GA., where selected officers and men are trained to develop their leadership skills to the ultimate degree, earning the coveted ...
Project Sharang – Another 155 mm upgrade of M-46 towed guns is being careied out by state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). The upgraded M-46, weighing 8.4 tonnes, has a range of 39 km. [22] The warhead per round has been increased from 3.4 kg of TNT to 8 kg of TNT. After the upgrade the total length and width of the gun measured 11.84 m ...
The M47 was the U.S. Army's and Marine Corps' primary tank, intended to replace the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton medium tanks. [note 1] The M47 was widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, both SEATO and NATO countries, and was the only Patton series tank that never saw combat while in US service.
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The M47 Patton was an M46 Patton with a new turret. The later M48 Patton and M60, which the former saw service later in the Vietnam War and both saw combat in various conflicts in the Middle East and still serve in active duty in many nations today, were evolutionary redesigns of the original layout set down by the Pershing.
Margaret Bourke-White (/ ˈ b ɜːr k /; June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and documentary photographer. [1] She was the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet industry under the Soviets' first five-year plan, [2] was the first American female war photojournalist, and took the photograph (of the construction of Fort Peck Dam) that became ...