When the U.S. military deployed the M48 to Vietnam, many tank crews fixed sections of tank tracks to the sides of the turret to provide extra defense against the RPG-7 anti-tank rockets employed ...

This factory foursome ended up with a total of 12,000 M48 tanks over a nine-year span. The tank weighed 49.6 tons, with a length of 30 feet 6 inches ... changed the tracks, ...

Two M48 Patton tanks would go down either side of the road, headed in the same direction. With one track on the road and the other track on the shoulder, the tanks quickly drove to a predetermined ...

A tank like the M48 may have a mighty cannon, but it's much more than just a gun on wheels. To make transport around the country easier, M48s could have 'diggers' affixed to the front.

The M48, known as a Patton, saw service from 1952 to 1987. Just looking at the mechanical linkage to the tank’s systems is impressive. But inside, it is clear this is a genuinely analog computer.

The M48 Patton and all of its variants were not alone in Vietnam. Though not a tank, the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was the counterpart to the M48 and a necessity for U.S. troops in the war.

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 ...

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 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 ...