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Patton tank

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Patton tank may refer to any of a series of tanks used by the United States military from the 1950s to the 1990s, named for General George S. Patton.

Tanks in the series include:

  • M46 Patton, a tank model operational during the Korean War
  • M47 Patton, a tank model in service from 1952 through 1959 with the U.S. Army, and through the mid-1990s in foreign service
  • M48 Patton, a tank model in service from the mid-1950s through the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army, and still operational in foreign service
  • M60 Patton, the standard main battle tank of the United States from 1960 until it was replaced by the M1 Abrams in 1991, still extensively used worldwide. Not officially a member of the Patton tank family.