Key Points and Summary - The M48 Patton, America's first main battle tank, was introduced in 1952 to dominate the early Cold War battlefield. -It served as the armored backbone for the U.S. Army and ...

In the pre-dawn hours of March 3, 1969, soldiers at Ben Het Special Forces Camp in the Central Highlands near the Laotian border heard something unusual in the jungle. They had patrolled the area for ...

It isn’t uncommon to see a vintage Patton tank in front of a National Guard armory or a meeting hall for the Veterans of Foreign Wars these days. The steel behemoths have remained an iconic piece of U ...

In the aftermath of World War 2, the landscape of armored warfare underwent a seismic shift. The United States, recognizing ...

MUSKEGON, MI — Motorists driving past RENK America will see two classic Patton tanks - an M47 and M48. Army veteran Robert Bowyer oversaw the project to restore and display the tanks prominently on ...