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 ...

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 ...

This episode examines the Patton tank paradox—the story of how the M46, M47, M48, and M60 “Patton” series bridged the gap between World War II armor and the modern main battle tank. We trace how ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...