M46 Patton tank

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armored fighting vehicle main battle tank medium tank

The M46 Patton tank is an American post–World War II main battle tank that served as an early member of the Patton series, seeing combat in the Korean War and bridging the transition from the M26 Pershing to later Cold War designs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
M46 Patton	6
M46 Patton tank canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armored fighting vehicle ⓘ main battle tank ⓘ medium tank ⓘ
armorType	rolled homogeneous steel armor ⓘ
category	Cold War tank ⓘ military vehicles introduced in the 1940s ⓘ tanks of the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	5 ⓘ
designedAs	improved M26 Pershing ⓘ
developedFrom	M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: M26E2 Pershing prototype
engine	Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine ⓘ
enginePower	810 hp ⓘ
enteredService	1949 ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
height	3.0 m approximately ⓘ
introduced	1949 ⓘ
length	8.5 m (hull) approximately ⓘ
manufacturer	U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal ⓘ surface form: Detroit Tank Arsenal Fisher Tank Arsenal ⓘ
maximumSpeed	48 km/h on road approximately ⓘ
namedAfter	George S. Patton ⓘ
notableFeature	improved engine and transmission over M26 Pershing ⓘ redesigned turret with improved gun mount ⓘ
numberBuilt	1160 ⓘ
operationalRange	130 km on road approximately ⓘ
partOfSeries	M60 Patton tank ⓘ surface form: Patton tank series
predecessor	M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: M26 Pershing
primaryArmament	90 mm M3A1 gun ⓘ
retired	1960s ⓘ
role	main battle tank ⓘ
secondaryArmament	.30 cal Browning M1919A4 machine guns ⓘ .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns ⓘ surface form: .50 cal M2 Browning machine gun
serviceBranch	United States Army Armor Branch ⓘ surface form: United States Army Armored Forces
successor	M48 Patton tank ⓘ surface form: M47 Patton
suspension	torsion bar ⓘ
usedBy	Belgian Land Component ⓘ surface form: Belgian Army French Army ⓘ Italian Army (Republic of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Army Pakistan Army ⓘ Republic of Korea Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
usedInConflict	Korean War ⓘ
usedInTheater	Korean Peninsula ⓘ
weight	approximately 44 metric tons ⓘ
width	3.5 m approximately ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Tank Battalion → equipment → M46 Patton tank ⓘ

M26 Pershing tank → succeededBy → M46 Patton tank ⓘ

subject surface form: M26 Pershing