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  2. M26 Pershing - Wikipedia

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    Pershing tanks in downtown Seoul during the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950. In the foreground, United Nations troops round up North Korean prisoners-of-war. Pershing and Sherman tanks of the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion at the Pusan Docks in South Korea. Captured Pershing on display at a North Korean museum in Pyongyang.

  3. M46 Patton - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. M48 Patton - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Tanks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    T26E3 pre-production tanks saw limited combat in Germany where it held its own with the German Tiger I and Panther tanks, which were much more powerful than the M4 Sherman that the Pershing was replacing. The tank was a large improvement over the M4. The M26 Pershing heavy tank had heavier armor, a more powerful gun, and improved torsion bar ...

  6. List of the United States military vehicles by model number

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    M26 Pershing tank, medium (originally classified as heavy), full-track, 47-ton, 90 mm M26E1 Pershing tank, medium, full-track, 47-ton, 90 mm; M26E2 Pershing tank, medium, full-track, 48.5-ton, 90 mm; M27 medium tank, Detroit Arsenal; M28 cargo carrier (G154) M29 Weasel carrier, cargo, full-track, 1/2-ton, amphibious (G179) M30 cargo carrier ...

  7. Tanks of the United States in the Cold War - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Death Traps - Wikipedia

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    Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II is a 1998 memoir by Belton Y. Cooper. The book relates Cooper's experiences during World War II and puts forth an argument against the US Army's use of the M4 Sherman tank during the war instead of the M26 Pershing.

  9. American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

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    The Pershing heavy tank (named after General Pershing) was the only heavy tank used in combat by the US armed forces during World War II. An earlier design, the Heavy Tank M6, was not accepted for large scale production and only 40 were produced.