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...
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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....
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Retrieved 2 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Mesko, Jim. M48 Patton in Action – Armor No. 22. Illustrated by Kevin Wornkey and Don Greer (1st ed...
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Tanks of the United States (section M48 Patton)
officially 76mm Gun Tank, M41 - Light tank M46 Patton - Medium tank M47 Patton - Medium tank M48 Patton - Main battle tank (MBT) M60 - MBT M551 Sheridan...
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M48 or M-48 may refer to: Messier 48, an open star cluster in the constellation Hydra 48th known Mersenne prime M48 Patton, an American tank MIM-72A/M48...
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squadrons in country. In 1969, armored cavalry units began replacing their M48 Patton tanks. The battle reports from the troops were sometimes glowing, while...
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M60 tank (redirect from M60 Patton tank)
the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. It has been called a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's...
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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...
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, where it fought against US-supplied M47 and M48 Patton tanks, and it served with the Royal Australian Armoured Corps in the Vietnam...
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to meet the requirements of the German Army. It is a conversion of the M48 Patton medium tank chassis in combination with a German MTU MB 871 Ka 501 liquid-cooled...
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with the M47 Patton, and was reflected in the new designs of the later M48 Patton and M60 tank.[citation needed] The M26 was the culmination of a series...
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series tanks, and Magach 6 and 7 are based on M60 series tanks. The first M48 Patton tanks acquired by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were purchased from...
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Wilson chose General Motors over Chrysler to take over production of the M48 Patton. General Motors would also become heir to any additional T43 orders after...
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(1999). The M47 and M48 Patton tanks. Bloomsbury USA. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-85532-825-9. Steven J. Zaloga (1999). The M47 and M48 Patton Tanks. Osprey Publishing...
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and, in an altered design, as the M68 gun in several variants of the US M48 Patton and M60. The L7 is a popular weapon and continued in use even after it...
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1966 all its M41s had been retired and replaced with the much heavier M48 Patton and Leopard 1 in armored reconnaissance battalions. Additionally, the...
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The CM-11 is a hybrid M60 chassis fitted with the turret from the older M48 Patton and the fire control system of the M1 Abrams. The Republic of China (Taiwan)...
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three different turrets, all armed with a 105 mm gun, mounted on the M48 Patton chassis. The T54 had a conventional turret with an autoloader with 3 shells...
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The U.S. Army replaced the M4 in 1957, in favor of the M47 Patton, M48 Patton and, M60 Patton. The U.S. continued to transfer Shermans to its allies, which...
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acquired in 1970, the tank was to supplement Spain's fleet of M47 and M48 Patton United States tanks and to reduce Spain's reliance on American equipment...
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cavalry units (minus the 11th ACR, which retained its M48 tank companies) began replacing their M48 Patton tanks, which were normally transferred to the Army...
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formed up of M47 and M48 Patton tanks which are being phased out and replaced. Tanks of the ROK Army include these older M48 Patton series, as well as the...
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the tank's position to a nearby M48 Patton tank unit of the US 3rd Tank Battalion. With the FAC adjusting fire, the M48 fired three 90 mm rounds; obtaining...
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is no longer in use by NATO countries. They were used on the M48 Patton and M60 Patton MBT series (including the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle), as well...
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Keiler Minenräumpanzer Keiler (mine clearing tank "wild boar"), based on a M48 Patton main battle tank. The first of 24 Keilers was supplied to the German Army...
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developed jointly, including tanks. While West Germany used American M48 Pattons, it had historically excelled in engineering armored fighting vehicles...
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1950s, work began in the US to develop an eventual replacement to the M48 Patton tank, the operational medium tank at the time. A series of relatively...
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M47 Patton. When this tank proved to be unsatisfactory, an even more advanced type was taken into production for the American forces, the M48 Patton. Thousands...
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Bhaskar Roy. The Pakistani armoured attack comprised two regiments, one of M48 Patton medium tanks and one of M36B2 tank destroyers. The attack began at 0805...
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M48A3 Patton and even the M41 Walker Bulldog. It also fought in the Arab-Israeli wars where it was outperformed by the Centurion, M48 Patton, M60 Patton and...
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