Key Points and Summary on the M48 Patton Tank - Developed to counter the Soviet armored threat in the 1950s, the M48 Patton became a crucial American main battle tank during the Cold War. -The mission ...

In the aftermath of World War 2, the landscape of armored warfare underwent a seismic shift. The United States, recognizing the evolving threats, especially from the formidable Soviet IS-3 heavy tanks ...

Few American generals have left such an indelible mark on military history as George S. Patton. "Old Blood and Guts," as he was affectionately known due to his matter-of-fact and typically exuberant ...

Technology, in all its forms, is a very fickle thing. So many of us are desperate to keep up with the latest upgrades, even if they're only minor enhancements to iterations that came before. If only ...

M48 Tank: Carrying On the Patton Legacy: The M48 was indeed America’s first generation of tanks to fit the MBT concept, but actually, was the third tank to bear the famous general’s name, following a ...

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. However, like the previous U.S. tanks, the ...

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 and ...

Crane operations contractors carried out a heavy lift and rig operation on an M48 Patton tank Dec. 19, 2019, in front of Patton Hall, USARCENT headquarters, at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C.