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M48 Patton is a medium tank originating in United States. The cited manufacturer or builder is Chrysler , Fisher Body , Ford Motor Company , American Locomotive Company.
United StatesMedium tank
United States
1952–present United States Army (historical) 1952–1987 United States Marine Corps (historical) 1954–1973
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Cold War 1958 Lebanon crisis Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War Dominican Civil War Cambodian Civil War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Yom Kippur War Turkish invasion of Cyprus Western Sahara War Lebanese Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Battle of Mogadishu (1993) Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2007 Lebanon conflict 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict
Chrysler Defense Engineering
1950
Chrysler , Fisher Body , Ford Motor Company , American Locomotive Company
M47 Patton
M60 tank
M48A3 US$309,090 (equivalent to $3,330,118 in 2025) (1981 )
M48/M48A1 1952–1956 M48A2 1955–1957 M48A3 1957–1961
12,000 (all variants)
See Variants
M48 49.6 short tons (44.3 long tons ; 45.0 t )
9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Four Commander Gunner Loader Driver
Upper glacis 110 mm (4.3 in) at 60° 220 mm (8.7 in) LoS Turret front 178 mm (7.0 in) at 0°
M48–M48A3 90mm M41/T139 gun M48A5 105 mm M68/T254E2 gun
M48 .50 cal (12.7 mm) on M1 mount M48A1/A2/A3/A5 .50 cal (12.7 mm) in M1 commander's cupola M48/A1/A2/A3 M37/T153 machine gun M48A5 M219 (7.62mm NATO)
M48/M48A1 Continental AV1790 V12 , air-cooled , gasoline engine 810 hp (600 kW) M48A2 Continental AV1790 fuel-injected , V12, gasoline engine 825 hp (615 kW) M48A3–M48A5 Continental AVDS-1790 V12, air-cooled, twin-turbo , diesel engine 750 hp (560 kW)
16.6 hp (12.4 kW)/ tonne
Allison CD-850-4A or CD-850-4B Two forward ranges One reverse
Torsion bar suspension
16 in (0.41 m)
M48 200 US gal (760 L ) M48A1 200 US gal internal 420 US gal (1,600 L )(with external fuel drums) M48A2 335 US gal (1,270 L ) M48A3/A5 300 US gal (1,100 L )
M48 113 km (70 mi) M48A1 217 km (135 mi) with external fuel drums M48A2 177.8 km (110.5 mi) M48A3 463 km (288 mi) M48A5 499 km (310 mi)
M48A5 30 mph (48 km/h)
Greece
Iran
Lebanon
Morocco
Somalia
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Germany
Poland
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 9.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
M48 Patton equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Germany
GreeceArmy exact named equipment holdings: M48A5. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / MBT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for M48A5 MOLF. Service scope: Hellenic Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 390. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Iran
LebanonLower-bound count for M48A5 MOLF. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 60+. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
MoroccoReported count for M48 Patton. Service scope: Royal Moroccan Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 225. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Pakistan
Poland
Somalia
South KoreaArmy exact named equipment holdings: M48A5. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / MBT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Taiwan
ThailandArmy exact named equipment holdings: M48A5. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / MBT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Tunisia
TürkiyeTurkish Army M48A5 T2 Patton holdings.
Greece, Iran, Lebanon, Morocco, Somalia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Germany, Poland
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for M48A5. Service scope: Royal Thai Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 105. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.