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, 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.[1]
- ^ Hunnicutt, R. P. (29 May 2015) [1984]. Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank. Battleboro, VT: Echo Point Books & Media. p. 408. ISBN 978-1626548794.