Main battle tank · Land · Ford Motor Company · United States
Wikidata: main battle tank family
- Operators among the 24
- 1
- Active, across the 24
- 925
- On order, across the 24
- 0
- In service since
- 1953
Catalogue entry
- Designation
- M48
- First flight or launch
- –
- In service
- 1953
- Retired
- 1990
- Generation
- 1
- Unit cost (US dollars)
- not published in Wikidata
- Manufacturers
- Ford Motor Company, Stellantis North America, American Locomotive Company, Fisher Body
- Also seen as
- Engineering and bridging
- Wikidata classes
- combat vehicle family
- Identifiers
- Q160327 · factbase.org/sys/MRE43H9855 · Wikipedia
Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.
Variants
Operators
Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.
925
| Nation | Active | Reserve | On order | Variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | 925 | 400 | M48 Patton A5T2, M48 AVLB |
Transfers
Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.
Recipients: Türkiye (2,940), Germany (1,794), South Korea (800), Greece (564), Taiwan (404), Jordan (252), Israel (250), Iran (220), Pakistan (200), Spain (197), Norway (39), Belgium (19), Portugal (18), Thailand (2).
Related platforms
- Basis of: CM-11 Brave Tiger
In the same category, in service within 15 years
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