Patton tank may refer to any of a series of tanks used by the United States military from the 1950s to the 1990s, named for General George S. Patton.
Tanks in the series include:
M46 Patton, a medium tank model operational during the Korean War
M47 Patton, the first US main battle tank, in service from 1952 through 1959 with the U.S. Army, and through the mid-1990s in foreign service.
M48 Patton, a tank model in service from the mid-1950s through the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army, and still operational in foreign service.
M60, the standard main battle tank of the United States from 1960 until it was replaced by the M1 Abrams in 1980, still extensively used worldwide. Not officially designated a member of the Patton tank family.[1]
^Hunnicutt, R. P. (29 May 2015) [1984]. Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank. Battleboro, VT: Echo Point Books & Media. p. 408. ISBN 978-1626548794.
Pattontank may refer to any of a series of tanks used by the United States military from the 1950s to the 1990s, named for General George S. Patton. Tanks...
tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton,...
The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. It was designed...
Patton was an American Medium tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton....
The M46 Patton is an American medium tank designed to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. It was one of the U.S Army's principal medium tanks of the...
Bulldog, officially 76mm Gun Tank, M41 - Light tank M46 Patton - Medium tank M47 Patton - Medium tank M48 Patton - Main battle tank (MBT) M60 - MBT M551 Sheridan...
of the M26 continued with the M47 Patton, and was reflected in the new designs of the later M48 Patton and M60 tank.[citation needed] The M26 was the...
M46 Patton designation. Less than a thousand were upgraded to M46 standard. On 8 August 1950 the first M46 Pattons landed in South Korea. The tank proved...
series of tanks in Israeli service. The tanks are based on the American M48 and M60 Pattontanks. Magach 1, 2, 3, and 5 are based on M48 tanks; Magach 6...
in country. In 1969, armored cavalry units began replacing their M48 Pattontanks. The battle reports from the troops were sometimes glowing, while the...
and to procure a large number of American M60 Pattontanks to replace the fleet of older Pattontanks. Over half of the AMX-30Es were upgraded to a standard...
cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad from 1920 to 1983. The Pakistan M47 Pattontank is a war trophy given to the 54th Infantry Division who had disabled...
63rd Tank Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, as a platoon leader. A year after he returned from Germany, he married Joanne Holbrook in 1952 Patton served...
of famous people from the region. The Pakistan Pattontank, now an attraction for visitors to the Tank Bund Road, is a War Trophy given to the 54th Infantry...
lighter tanks. For example, the US M103 heavy tank shared many components with the lighter Pattontank, including transmission and engine. As a result...
American Heavy Tank. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-304-9. Hunnicutt, Richard Pearce (1984). Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank. Presidio Press...
delivered to the Spanish army. The Leopard 2E is superior to the M60 Pattontank, which it replaced in Spain's mechanized and armored units. Its development...
Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-304-9. Wikimedia Commons has media related to T29 Heavy Tank. FSU tanks website Detail photos of T29 at the PattonTank Museum...
radioed the tank's position to a nearby M48 Pattontank unit of the US 3rd Marine Tank Battalion. With the FAC adjusting fire, the Patton fired three...
in the US to develop an eventual replacement to the M48 Pattontank, the operational medium tank at the time. A series of relatively simple upgrades to...
planners organize tanks with the first generation of tanks up to 1950, and four generations of tanks (with the first main battle tank being the third-generation...
tanks, with powerful guns, moderate armor, and decent mobility. Their successors, the M46 Patton and T-54, followed suit before the main battle tank doctrine...
developed by Ford Aerospace in the late 1970s. Based on the M48 Pattontank, it replaced the Patton's turret with a new one that featured twin radar-directed...
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