About the book: 2004 / In the mid-1950s, despite all its shortcomings and associated problems, the M48 was the main tank American armed forces. The Patton III was in service with the Army and Marine Corps and was stationed in both the continental United States and Europe. “European” M48s took part in the famous confrontation in August 1961 in Berlin. In “international terms,” the M48 can be considered unlucky - it remained “intermediate” between the M47 and M60. For example, even in 1965, in the fleet of NATO M48 vehicles, only Germany and Norway were in service, while other countries preferred (or did not want to change) M47 and “centurions”. In the USA itself, already in the 1960s, the M48 began to be transferred to the National Guard. Supplement to the magazine “MODEL CONSTRUCTION”»