The Korean War was the only conflict featuring the M46 Patton tank. However, its performance was impressive enough to supersede the Pershing and Sherman units later.

General George S. Patton Jr. was an influential general, and the vehicles named after him—the M46, M47, and M48 ...

B EVERLY — Master Sergeant Leo J Vaillancourt, 95, was a gunner on a M46 Patton tank in Korea. The sight of WWII tanks at a recent Weekend Warrior event here brings back memories for the 20-year ...

After tank maintenance training, Kraft was posted to the Korean War zone, working mostly on M46 Patton tanks. When he was discharged, he returned to North Dakota and worked in construction, as ...

The first Patton, the M46, saw service in the Korean War. It featured 90 mm gun and a crew of five. Its successor, the M47, did not see combat with the US Army but was exported to a number of NATO ...

On April 28, 1918, the 1st Light Tank Battalion was organized at Bourg, France, with Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr., in command. Patton had been the first soldier assigned to the ...

In the Battle of Ben Het in March 1969, which was the only tank battle between the U.S. and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), the tally was one Patton tank damaged with two crew members KIA vs. two ...

The M46 tank was delivered to the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center Tuesday, and is part of the Korean War exhibit under construction on center’s Army Heritage Trail adjacent to the highway.

The M60 tank was originally based on the M48 Patton tank. Fielded in the early 1950s and itself based on the M47 and M46 tanks, the Patton featured advanced fire control that gave it nearly a 50 ...

Meanwhile, the North Korean tanks destroyed only 34 U.S. vehicles. ... While the T-34-85 had met its match in the US Pershing and M46 Patton, it still surpassed the M24 Chaffee, ...

A South Korean soldier and U.S. servicemen on top of a M46 Patton tank during the Korean War. The tanks belonged to the U.S. 8th Army’s 6th Reserve Battalion’s C Company but were playing a supporting ...

From the C-76 cargo planes during World War II and engines for the M4 Sherman and M46 Patton tanks during the Korean War, to the Saturn V Rocket in the 1960s and NASA’s Space Shuttle, Louisiana ...