Key Points and Summary - The M48 Patton, America's first main battle tank, was introduced in 1952 to dominate the early Cold War battlefield. -It served as the armored backbone for the U.S. Army and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...