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The M60 Patton, officially the 105 mm Gun Full Tracked Combat Tank, M60, is a main battle tank (MBT) introduced in December 1960. It was widely used by the U.S. and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world today despite having been superseded by the M1 Abrams in the U.S. military. Egypt is currently the largest operator with 1,716 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with 866 upgraded units in service, and Israel is third with over 700 units of Israeli variants.
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Named after General George S Patton and produced in various model types from the 1950s until the 1990s.
A well preserved tank located in Shelton, Nebraska right on U.S. 30, the Lincoln Highway west of Grand Island. I think this is an M48 but don't quote me on that.
Beyer Patton photo
After a brief pause, the C&TS Rotary Special heads out of The Narrows and continues on its run. Seen here are the three cars that followed K-36 487, being 053, one of the MOW boxcars and Caboose 0503.
East of Chama, NM
Early 1975
Train of the Day
7/4/21
Continuing reliability problems with the M47 Patton led the US Army to begin work on a replacement only a year after the M47 entered service. The new tank would be broadly similar to the M47, using the same 90mm gun, but would have an improved turret and suspension; the forward hull was also redesigned, eliminating the bow machine gun and moving the driver to the center. Besides being a replacement for the M47, it was hoped that the new M48 Patton would replace all other types of tank in Army service, including the remaining M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings, and M46 Pattons. The new Patton entered service in 1952--it was rushed into production, for fear that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union in tank effectiveness.
The Army expected that the M48 would run into issues in the field, and they were not wrong. Most of the problems were easily rectified, but the biggest one was the engine: the M48 used a gasoline engine, and the tank proved to be a gas-guzzler. It lacked range, and since it was a gas engine, it was vulnerable to fire; there was a fear it would "brew up" if hit. The tank commander's .50 caliber machine gun was also completely exposed. The latter would be corrected in the M48A2, which would enclose the cupola, while the engine was addressed with the M48A3, which switched to diesel fuel, adding range and lessening the chance of catastrophic fires.
After the Army got the chance to look over a Soviet T-55 captured during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, it made the decision that the M48 could not survive a hit from the T-55's 100mm gun, while the T-55 could survive a hit from the 90mm. Production would then switch to the M60 Patton, with improved armor and a 105mm gun. Since 11,700 M48s had been built in the 1950s, this left the Army with a lot of redundant tanks. These were passed on to Reserve and National Guard units, or exported; modernization programs were gradually applied to US Army M48s, but most were retired by the early 1970s.
Though being replaced by the M60, the M48 was still the backbone of US Army and Marine tank units during the Vietnam War, and since the tank threat was minimal there, the M48 was deemed adequate for combat. It proved its worth, being effective against infantry, and much less vulnerable to RPG fire and mines. One tactic the Army developed was the "thunder run," when Pattons would be run at full speed up a road. If they hit a mine, the most that would usually happen was the loss of a road wheel or track. Convoys could then followed the tanks without worrying about mines. (The term "thunder run" would be applied to any high-speed tank attack, most famously in the assault on Baghdad in 2003.) In the few tank battles fought during the war, the 90mm was found to be effective against North Vietnamese PT-76s, T-34s, and even T-55s.
The M48 would also see extensive service in the Indo-Pakistani Wars and Arab-Israeli Wars, with mixed results. Pakistani M48s took heavy losses against Indian Centurions, mainly due to poor tactics and the Centurion's 105mm gun. Israeli and Jordanian M48s also suffered losses, for the same reason (the Israelis used upgunned Shermans and Centurions against Jordanian Pattons; Israeli Pattons fought Egyptian T-55s). The gasoline engine on unmodified M48A2s was indeed prone to explosion, and the Israelis had to modify their tactics to take into account the shorter range of the 90mm gun. Following the Six-Day War, the Israelis began upgunning their M48s with 105mm guns, a practice emulated by the West Germans (in the oddly designated M48A5GA2) and many others. Upgunned and uparmored M48s remain in service with eight nations, including Greece, Taiwan, and Turkey; these tanks have been so upgraded, they barely resemble their original forms.
"Mad Harlot," this M48 at the National Museum of Military Vehicles, is a Marine example, on display at the NMMV's Tet Offensive exhibit. The exhibit may not be complete yet, as the rubble is sort of random; a group of three mannequins is behind the Patton (unseen in this picture), using it as cover. The setup resembles a famous picture of Marines advancing under fire at Hue City in February 1968.
Paula Patton speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Warcraft", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Here's something you don't do every day! I'm making a print of a photo of General George Patton on 13x19 paper. I had recently landed a gig scanning a bunch of 4x5 negs shot by the Signal Corps during WWII. Our local History Center is now organizing a showing of some of the photos and they are having me make the prints. It doesn't get much cooler than this! Photo taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 MkII and Konica Hexanon AR 35mm F2.8 lens using a Fotodiox adapter.
At the end of World War II, the US Army's armored divisions used mostly M4 Sherman medium tank variants, with a small number of M26 Pershing heavy tanks. The Army began working on a postwar replacement for both, but in the meantime intended to upgrade the Pershing to M26E2 standard: this would upgrade the Pershing's indifferent engine (the tank used the same engine as the Sherman on a much larger chassis) and add improvements to the 90mm gun as well. So many modifications were made that the Army ended up with a new tank, so the M26E2 was redesignated the M46 and named Patton for George S. Patton, the American "tank guru" who had recently been killed in a car accident.
However, the M46 was seen only as an interim until the T42 entered service: this was an entirely new tank that would replace the M4, M26 and now M46 as well. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, however, the US Army found itself short of tanks--in some cases, M26s donated to museums were repossessed and sent overseas. With no time to waste, the Army mated the T42 turret design (which was finished) to the M46 chassis, creating the M47 Patton. These were rushed into production, but only a few reached Korea before the armistice was signed in 1953.
Despite its hurried origins, however, the US Army realized they had a good tank design: the M47 combined the decent armor and 90mm gun of the Pershing, the engine of the M46, and the turret of the T42 prototype. There were still some issues, with the M47's hull design too prone to destructive front hits and the turret cramped for the crew. The M47 still retained the World War II-era and ultimately unnecessary bow-mounted machine gun as well. The Army began an improvement program that would culminate in the M48 Patton, which became the standard Army and Marine tank of the 1950s and 1960s. With over 8500 M47s still in service, most were passed on to foreign allied armies as the M48 entered service. Many of these were later upgraded to near M48 standard, and a few even received M60 Patton 105mm guns and armor upgrades.
This M47 is the other half of a Vietnam veterans' memorial at New Rockford, North Dakota. Where it came from is unknown, as the North Dakota Army National Guard isn't known to have had tanks. It could use some restoration work, as rust has started to appear on the hull. Though I usually get a good amount of tank pictures on my trips, this turned out to be the only one I saw during my August 2022 North Dakota trip.
Here you go Captain Matt. Rolling Thunder at its finest along with one of the greatest tank commanders of all time.
Artista: Mike Patton's Mondo Cane
Fotografo: Francesco Castaldo
Data: 25 luglio 2010
Venue: Arena Civica
Città: Milano
The plaque in front of this M48 Patton Medium Tank told an interesting story. It’s hard to read even from my original image size, so I will summarize from memory:
This M48 A3 model was first sent to Vietnam to fight with the U.S. Army in the late 1960s. It was later transported back to the U.S. to be retrofitted with new equipment, and then sent back to Vietnam in the early 1970s to fight again. When the U.S. started to pull out of Vietnam, it was given to the South Vietnamese Army to defend Saigon. During the fall of Saigon, it was later captured intact by the North Vietnamese Army which kept the tank for years. Many years later, a private U.S. citizen traveled to Vietnam and bought it from the Vietnamese government. This individual then shipped it back to the United States and donated it to the museum.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George Patton
Nov. 8, 2020: A turret of a Vietnam era M-48 "Patton" tank on display at Lake Isabella Park in Lake Isabella, California. The 4-man crew tank is named after General George Patton. A sign next to this tank indicates it came from the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. #autumn #pattontank #lakeisabella
Die Panzer auf YouTube: youtu.be/7w9dlFtGrHM
Der M47 Patton mit der offiziellen Bezeichnung durch das Army Department: „M47 Medium Tank - 90mm Gun“ [1] war ein mittlerer Kampfpanzer der Zeit des Kalten Krieges aus US-amerikanischer Produktion. Benannt wurde das Fahrzeug nach General George S. Patton, dem Kommandeur der 3. US-Armee während des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
Technische Daten M47 "Patton"
Besatzung: 5
Motor: Continental AV-1790-5B, -7, -7B, oder -7C
luftgekühlter Zwölfzylinder-Viertakt-Ottomotor (90°-V-Motor)
Getriebe: General Motors CD-850-4, 2 Vorwärtsgänge, 1 Rückwärtsgang
Fahrwerk: drehstabgefedertes Stützrollenlaufwerk
Bodenfreiheit: 390 mm
Watfähigkeit: 1200 mm
Grabenüberschreitfähigkeit: 2590 mm
Kletterfähigkeit: 910 mm
Steigfähigkeit: 60 %
Querneigung: 40 %
Gefechtsgewicht: 46.100 kg
Höchstgeschwindigkeit Straße: 48 km/h
Kraftstoffmenge: 878 Liter
Fahrbereich: 150 km Straße, 100 km Gelände
Bewaffnung: 90-mm-Kanone M36; 1 × 12,7-mm-M2-HB-Maschinengewehr; 1 × 7,62-mm-M1919-Maschinengewehr; 1 × 7,62-mm-M1919-Maschinengewehr als Bug-MG
Munition: 49 Patronen für die BK, 400 Patronen für das M2, 4125 Patronen für das Bug-MG
Paula Patton speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Warcraft", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Mike Patton и Faith no more - собственно это и есть цель поездки, а белки-стрелки и прочее скалолазание только антураж (PS : фото не моё- моё не вышло; это с ю-туба, просто чтобы обозначиться)