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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Cold War-era M48 Patton tank that's been a monument for the US Third Army and US Army Central underwent restoration at Fort Knox this fall. The tank, de-rusted, sealed, and newly painted, returned ...

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 ...

It isn’t uncommon to see a vintage Patton tank in front of a National Guard armory or a meeting hall for the Veterans of Foreign Wars these days. The steel behemoths have remained an iconic piece of U ...

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.

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 ...

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 tanks along ...

The Flying Heritage Collection’s new M48A1 Patton tank has taken the long way around to its final destination. The tank was built in the United States and then sold to the Kingdom of Jordan in Western ...

Key point to remember: A new M-1 costs more in absolute terms than a new M-48 did 70 years ago. But it’s also true that the M-1 has an extensive, and successful, combat record stretching back to the ...