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The U.S. Army’s M48 Patton Tank Had Just 1 MissionDeveloped to counter the Soviet armored threat in the 1950s, the M48 Patton became a crucial American main battle tank during ...
History is hard to miss along I-10 in Riverside County — especially when it’s made of steel. The General Patton Memorial Museum has unveiled its newest addition: a massive M59 armored personnel ...
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 ...
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The M551 Sheridan Light Tank Truly Had ‘Wings’The M551 Sheridan was a unique US Army light tank, officially an Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle, known for its amphibious capability and, most notably, its ability to be dropped by ...
Vignette Dawn rose on training day (TD) six at the National Training Center (NTC). The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), ...
In March 1965, the first M48 tanks arrived in Vietnam to aid the Marine Corps. They faced booby traps, dense jungles, and guerilla warfare.
A Ukrainian tank crew survived multiple Russian drone strikes on their Abrams tank. Abrams tanks have better crew protection than Soviet-style tanks. But Ukrainian forces are also enhancing Abrams ...
This, combined with a ponderous partially automated loading system, reduced the gun’s rate of fire to around two rounds per minute, in which time an experienced M48 tank crew could potentially ...
This, combined with a ponderous partially automated loading system, reduced the gun’s rate of fire to around two rounds per minute, in which time an experienced M48 tank crew could potentially ...
A Cold War-era M48 Patton tank that's been a monument for the US Third Army and US Army Central underwent restoration at Fort Knox this fall. The tank, de-rusted, sealed, and newly painted ...
Here's a closer look at the M48, its strengths, and the shortcomings that ultimately contributed to its retirement by the U.S. military.
The Flying Heritage Collection’s new M48A1 Patton tank has taken the long way around to its final destination.
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