Developed to counter the Soviet armored threat in the 1950s, the M48 Patton became a crucial American main battle tank during ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Wearing personalized “SDF6 tank paint crew” shirts, eight members from various Shepherdsville Amazon Warrior shops worked together to paint one of the historic M48 Patton ...

A tank like the M48 may have a mighty cannon, but it's much more than just a gun on wheels. To make transport around the country easier, M48s could have 'diggers' affixed to the front.

The next incremental upgrade to the M48, then, was a new tank entirely: the more-heavily-armored M60, with a more powerful diesel engine and armed with the M68 gun. It would be replaced, in turn ...