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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meet the M48 Tank: After the Second World War, the United States military began to develop a new medium tank to replace the M26 Pershing and M4 Sherman. The result was the M46, the first tank to be ...

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 ...