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29 lis 2020 · In this photo, a marine crouches by the bodies of the Viet Cong (VC) anti-tank team that knocked out tank A-32 in the background. This M48A3 of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion, seen near Dong Ha on 2 March 1967, is equipped with the early 18-inch Crouse-Hinds searchlight (no intrared).
The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48.
English: The M48 saw extensive action during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975. Over 600 Pattons would be deployed by U.S. forces and over 340 were supplied to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Even after US forces withdrew from South Vietnam and North Vietnam started the Ho Chi Minh Offensive in 1975, the M48s left in the ARVN hands were able to hold back the assaulting T-34 and T-54/55 tanks, only falling when supplies ran out.
Young boy stands near a US Army M-48 tank, captured during the Vietnam War, which is on display at a military museum in Hue, Vietnam.
A place for pictures and anything else relating to the Vietnam war/French-Indochina War Members Online USMC Sgt. John Johnson describes an incident with an M48 tank caught in a Viet Cong ambush North of Saigon in the Summer of 1966
The M48 served as the U.S. Army and Marine Corps's primary battle tank during the Vietnam War. It was widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, especially other NATO countries. The M48 Patton tank was designed to replace the previous M47 Pattons and M4 Shermans.
