The M48 Patton is a main battle tank that was designed in the United States. It was the third tank to be officially named after General George S. Patton commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates for the use of tanks in battle It was a further development of the M47 Patton tank. The M48 Patton was in U.S. service until replaced by the M60. The M48 served as the U.S. Army and Marine Corps’s primary battle tank during the Vietnam War.
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height (cm)
3.1
length (km)
9.3
weight (kg)
314975.0
width (mm)
3.65
origin
United States
type
Medium tank
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Six-Day War, Lebanese Civil War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Vietnam War, Yom Kippur War, Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Battle of Mogadishu (1993), Portuguese Colonial War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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