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

The Soviet PT-76 was a unique amphibious light tank developed in the late 1940s to give the Red Army the ability to cross ...

Pakistan’s 1st Armored Division, equipped with M47 and M48 Patton tanks, was its most formidable force — superior in firepower and mobility.

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 ...

As the power of anti-tank weapons outpaced the damage protection of tank armor, the arrival of main battle tanks (MBTs) like the Soviet T-54 and American M48 Patton meant the bulk of global ...

Alpha 33, the big M48 Patton tank, rumbles out of Camp Red Devil and lumbers into the valley of the Kwan Tri Province. It’s the farthest American stronghold.

In the annals of tank history, there are few models whose design has been so influential on the overall development of the technology as the Patton series.

The tanks that Israel used in 1973 would not have been out of place in 1943. The British-made Centurion was designed during World War II, while the US-made M48 Patton went into production in 1952.

The M60 Patton tank, a second-generation American main battle tank, was standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although not officially a Patton tank, it was an ...

Here's a closer look at the M48, its strengths, and the shortcomings that ultimately contributed to its retirement by the U.S. military.