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

Dark Docs. 90mm Gun Main Battle Tank Survives Direct Hit - The M48. Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: April 29, 2025. In the aftermath of World War 2, the landscape of armored warfare ...

The M48 Patton Tank, Explained Even as the M47 entered production, the U.S. military began the development of an entirely new design. This resulted in the introduction of the 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.

This factory foursome ended up with a total of 12,000 M48 tanks over a nine-year span. The tank weighed 49.6 tons, with a length of 30 feet 6 inches (9.3 meters), a height of 10 feet 2 inches ...

A frontal view of US Army Central's historic M48 Patton Tank, parked in a protective booth while undergoing paint application, at the Logistics Readiness Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky, December 3, 2019.

1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Shepherdsville Amazon Warriors paint a M48 Patton tank at Fort Knox, Kentucky Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo Credit: Savannah Baird; Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / ...

The Flying Heritage Collection’s new M48A1 Patton tank has taken the long way around to its final destination. The tank was built in the United States and then sold to the Kingdom of Jordan in ...