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M48

United States tank
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  • Kuwait: U.S. 1st Armored Division M1A1 Abrams tanks
    tank
    / Gun calibre

    …were the M46, M47, and M48 medium tanks, all armed with 90-mm guns. After the mid-1950s the M47 tanks were passed on to the French, Italian, Belgian, West German, Greek, Spanish, and Turkish armies, and during the 1960s the M48 began to be replaced by the M60, which was armed…

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    …were the M46, M47, and M48 medium tanks, all armed with 90-mm guns. After the mid-1950s the M47 tanks were passed on to the French, Italian, Belgian, West German, Greek, Spanish, and Turkish armies, and during the 1960s the M48 began to be replaced by the M60, which was armed…

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