M48 Patton tank

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armored fighting vehicle main battle tank

The M48 Patton tank is an American Cold War–era main battle tank widely used by the U.S. and allied forces in numerous conflicts from the 1950s onward.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
M48 Patton	2
M47 Patton	1
M47 Patton tank	1
M48A1	1
M48A2	1
M48A2C	1
M48A3	1
M48A5	1
M48A5K	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armored fighting vehicle ⓘ main battle tank ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ⓘ Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Lebanese Civil War ⓘ Six-Day War ⓘ Turkish military intervention in Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Turkish invasion of Cyprus Vietnam War ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	4 ⓘ
designedFor	United States Army ⓘ
designedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
engineType	Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine ⓘ surface form: Continental AV-1790 gasoline engine Continental AV-1790-3 gasoline engine ⓘ surface form: Continental AVDS-1790 diesel engine
era	Cold War ⓘ
eraClassification	second-generation main battle tank ⓘ
height	about 3.1 m ⓘ
hullType	cast steel hull ⓘ
introduced	early 1950s ⓘ
length	about 9.3 m with gun forward ⓘ
mainArmament	105 mm gun ⓘ 90 mm gun ⓘ
manufacturer	Chrysler ⓘ Fisher Tank Arsenal ⓘ Ford Motor Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 48 km/h ⓘ
namedAfter	George S. Patton ⓘ
predecessor	M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M47 Patton tank
range	about 450 km ⓘ
replacedBy	M1 Abrams tanks ⓘ surface form: M1 Abrams
secondaryArmament	12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun ⓘ 7.62 mm machine guns ⓘ
serviceEntry	1953 ⓘ
successor	M60 Patton tank ⓘ
suspension	torsion bar ⓘ
turretType	cast steel turret ⓘ
usedAs	primary U.S. main battle tank in early Vietnam War ⓘ
usedBy	Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ Bundeswehr ⓘ Greek Army ⓘ Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ surface form: Iranian Army Israel Defense Forces ⓘ Italian Army (Republic of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Italian Army Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ Pakistan Army ⓘ Philippine Army ⓘ Republic of China Army ⓘ Republic of Korea Army ⓘ Royal Saudi Land Forces ⓘ Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: South Vietnamese Army Spanish Army ⓘ Turkish Land Forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
variant	M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M48A1 M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M48A2 M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M48A2C M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M48A3 M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M48A5 M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: M48A5K Magach 3 ⓘ Magach 5 ⓘ
weight	approximately 49 metric tons ⓘ
width	about 3.6 m ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

M60 Patton tank → designedAsSuccessorTo → M48 Patton tank ⓘ

subject surface form: M60 Patton

this entity surface form: M48 Patton

1st Tank Battalion → equipment → M48 Patton tank ⓘ

2nd Marine Tank Battalion → equipment → M48 Patton tank ⓘ

M48 Patton tank → predecessor → M48 Patton tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: M47 Patton tank

M26 Pershing tank → succeededBy → M48 Patton tank ⓘ

subject surface form: M26 Pershing

this entity surface form: M48 Patton

M46 Patton tank → successor → M48 Patton tank ⓘ

this entity surface form: M47 Patton