Key Points and Summary - The M48 Patton, America's first main battle tank, was introduced in 1952 to dominate the early Cold War battlefield. -It served as the armored backbone for the U.S. Army and ...

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 ...

At the U.S. Army First Division Museum in Wheaton, Illinois, you can see a real-life version of the M48 Patton Tank. The nickname on the turret reads “Snoopy,” but this was anything but a sleepy ...

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 on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. According to ...

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.

A magnifying glass. It indicates, "Click to perform a search". A magnifying glass. It indicates, "Click to perform a search". FORT KNOX, Kentucky - A Cold-War-era tank that has served as a monument ...