M48 Patton

The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun M48, armored, full-tracked, combat vehicle of the medium-gun tank class. 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. Nearly 12,000 M48s were built, mainly by Chrysler and American Locomotive Company, from 1952 to 1961. The M48 Patton was the first U.S. medium gun tank with a four-man crew, featuring a centerline driver's compartment and no bow machine gunner. As with nearly all new armored vehicles it had a wide variety of suspension systems, cupola styles, power packs, fenders and other details among individual tanks.

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1953 — 1990  Wikimedia, Wikidata
M48A1; Patton tank
speed 45 kilometre per hour, 
medium tank, tank, Fisher Body, American Locomotive Company, Stellantis North America, United States, 

Al-Zarrar, AMX-30, AMX-30E, AMX-40, Arjun Mk II, Black Eagle, Chonma-ho, K1A2, Leclerc, M-84, M-84D, M48 AVLB, MBT-2000, MBT-70, medium tank, Olifant, Panzer 68, Sabra, T-54/55 operators and variants, T-72BA, T-95, tank, TR-85, Type 10, Type 61, Type 72Z, Type 74, Type 85-IIM tank, Type 90 Tank, Zulfiqar, 

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  M48 AVLB ⓘ
  

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1953 — 1990 M48 Patton

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

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Vietnam War

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1967-06-05T00:00:00Z

Six-Day War

1973-10-06T00:00:00Z

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Yom Kippur War

1961-02-04T00:00:00Z

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Portuguese Colonial War

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Frameless

M48-night-firing

Army M-60 tanks are prepared for a confrontation with "enemy forces" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82 DF-ST-83-11169

A tank is driven ashore from a Utility Landing Craft during the joint US Spanish military Exercise CRISEX 83 DF-ST-84-08201

A Pakistani infantry squad along with their M48 Patton advance into Chumb during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.

The main gun of an Army M-48 tank is fired against the "enemy" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82 DF-ST-83-11171

M48-night-firing

Spanish soldiers aboard an M48 medium tank participate in the joint US Spanish military Exercise CRISEX 83 DF-ST-84-08205

Tanks and acavs

Extended-range anti-armor munition (ERAM) self-forging fragment of a warhead after impact on an M-48 full-tracked combat tank target during a validation demonstration test - DPLA - 53daa8bfd441c27a00eb809a522fc1b5

Riss M48

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		M48 AVLB	armored vehicle-launched bridge, M48 Patton	Wikidata
commons	image		M48-night-firing		Commons
commons	image		Army M-60 tanks are prepared for a confrontation with "enemy forces" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82 DF-ST-83-11169		Commons
commons	image		A tank is driven ashore from a Utility Landing Craft during the joint US Spanish military Exercise CRISEX 83 DF-ST-84-08201		Commons
commons	image		A Pakistani infantry squad along with their M48 Patton advance into Chumb during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.		Commons
commons	image		The main gun of an Army M-48 tank is fired against the "enemy" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82 DF-ST-83-11171		Commons
commons	image		M48-night-firing		Commons
commons	image		Spanish soldiers aboard an M48 medium tank participate in the joint US Spanish military Exercise CRISEX 83 DF-ST-84-08205		Commons
commons	image		Tanks and acavs		Commons
commons	image		Extended-range anti-armor munition (ERAM) self-forging fragment of a warhead after impact on an M-48 full-tracked combat tank target during a validation demonstration test - DPLA - 53daa8bfd441c27a00eb809a522fc1b5		Commons
commons	image		Riss M48		Commons