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 ...

The M48 Patton tank, which is owned by US Army Central (USARCENT), was transported from Shaw Air Force Base to Fort Knox's Logistic Readiness Center for a preservation project in late September.

[Featured image by Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China via Wikimedia Commons | Cropped and scaled | CC0] The new M46 model ... the new tank was rolling off the production line. The M48 Patton marked ...

Three models were developed – the M1917 Light Tank based on the French Renault FT-17, the Model 1917 Holt ... but it was the M48 Patton and later the M551 Sheridan light tank that became ...