The greatest tank of the 50s passing through
>>61584796it would have been if it ever got a decent sabot roundit was stuck with APCR pretty much its entire time in US service, at a time when the british were already moving on to discarding sabot rounds
>>61584796God I love the M48, cant tell if I like it with the T-shaped muzzle on the 90mm or the 105 more
>>61584796>The greatest tank of the 50s
>>61584813Why did it get shelved so quickly?
>>61584796Got stomped by centurion every time they faced each other. So did T-55.
>>61584805Fair point>>61584812Has taiwan put a 120mm on it yet?>>61585131Centurion was from the 40s
>>61585131>So did T-55.US M48s dealt with NV T-55s fairly welland israeli M48s, when upgunned with the 105mm, did destroy egyptian T-55s in great number a
>>61584796>A5Close but the best M48 has the OG 90mm
>>61585109Conqueror wasn't tremendously mechanically reliable and its 120mm gun became somewhat redundant when Chieftain entered service.MBTs had the armament and armour of heavy tanks and the mobility of mediums.
