Their arrival was an enormous military boon to the forces of South Vietnam, whose allies in the field were armed with formidable equipment like the M48 Patton tank. The Patton, in particular ...

The M551 Sheridan light tank, designed for airborne forces with air-drop and amphibious capabilities, was rushed into the ...

“During the long days at Fort Hood, Elvis was in the middle of advanced individual training, learning to be a tanker. This was Patton’s division, and they trained on the sixty-ton M48 Patton Tank.

This resulted in the introduction of the M48 Patton. However, like the previous U.S. tanks, the M48 was also designed hurriedly and rushed into production – in part due to the fact that the ...

The M48 Patton marked a significant step in the evolution of the series, and was to be the most successful Patton tank so far. Like the M47, it also suffered teething problems, but these were ...

MUSKEGON, MI — Motorists driving past RENK America will see two classic Patton tanks - an M47 and M48. Army veteran Robert Bowyer oversaw the project to restore and display the tanks prominently ...

The tank had one mission: beat the Soviet Union on any battlefield or its proxy forces. Key Point #1 - Entering service in 1960, it improved upon the M48 Patton with a 105mm M68 gun, better armor ...

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 north American stronghold. The mission is to flush out ...

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Members of the Fort Knox Gold Vault Signal Corps Regimental Association painted one of the historic M48 Patton tanks, located along Chaffee Avenue on post, on Oct. 25.

A Cold War-era tank that has sat outside of a South Carolina military base for years just got a much-needed makeover. An M48 Patton tank, which was the model introduced to the Army in the 1950s ...

The Patton family of tanks saw widespread use during the Vietnam War. The M48 Patton and the M60 Patton were the main tanks used by the U.S. during the war. The M48 was armed with a 90 mm gun and ...