The M48 Patton tank, which is owned by US Army Central (USARCENT), was transported from Shaw Air Force Base to Fort Knox's Logistic Readiness Center for a preservation project in late September.

The Patton was notably the last tank to possess an escape hatch under the hull. The Patton is Headed to Ukraine In March of 2023, the U.S. announced a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine.

The M103 was eventually replaced by the smaller, more successful M60 Patton tank, which served the U.S. Army for four decades and remains in service with other militaries. Tanks are built in many ...

The US embargo on arms sales to Israel lasted until 1965, nearly two decades after the state’s founding, when 200 M-48 Patton tanks were sold to the country. As a result, Israel developed a ...

Members of the Fort Knox Gold Vault Signal Corps Regimental Association painted one of the historic M48 Patton tanks, located ...

It can withstand barrages from large-caliber machine guns, Liberty Times reported. The armor can be fitted onto domestically-produced Clouded Leopard infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) and M60A3 Patton ...

Stencilled on it is 3A 702, which stands for Third Army, 702nd Tank Battalion, the unit who become known as "Patton’s Troubleshooters", and the brothers like to imagine the general himself may ...

Considered one of the most successful combat generals in US history, General George S. Patton died on December 21, 1945, twelve days after breaking his neck in a car accident near Mannheim, Germany.

The San Gabriel, California native was fond of presenting himself as a modern-day cavalryman, outfitted with ivory-handled sidearm and leading tank outfits across Nazi-occupied France. Patton once ...

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