Patton tank
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 medium tank model operational during the Korean War
- M47 Patton, the first US main battle tank, 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 1980, still extensively used worldwide. Not officially designated a member of the Patton tank family.
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