The South Korean Army would receive medium battle tanks M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" variant of Sherman tanks, and M47 and M48 Patton series tanks from the United States. These tanks were an important modernization of South Korea armored firepower.

The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun M48, armored, full-tracked, combat vehicle of the medium-gun tank class."

M-48系列主战坦克韩国版为M48A5K和M48A3K（90毫米线膛炮），当初主要是为对付朝鲜的俄制T55/T60主战坦克。 韩国虽装备了大量的先进的K1/K1A1主战坦克，但其陆军仍保有相当数量的M48主战坦克。 M-48系列主战坦克韩国版为M48A5K和M48A3K（90毫米线膛炮），当初主要是为对付朝鲜的俄制T55/T60主战坦克。 韩国虽装备了大量的先进的K1/K1A1主战坦克，但其陆军仍保有相当数量的M48主战坦克。

2021年9月7日 · Ironically developed from the M47 Patton using lessons learned in the Korean War facing Chinese T-34-85s, the M48 was the standard main battle tank for the U.S. and NATO as well as adjacent Western Allies from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s when the M60 supplemented and then later replaced the model by the 1980s.

South Korean ground fighting forces are centered on the K1 and K2 main battle tank types with a considerable collection of aging American M48 tanks held in reserve. Some Soviet-era systems are still in circulation, these the product of outstanding payments by Russia following the fall of the Empire in the late-1980s / earlu-1990s.

2025年2月28日 · The M48 series tank was one of the main tanks of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces until the 2010s, second only to the K-1 tank in number and operated for a long time, so various ammunition including sharp bullets were developed, but the operation of the M48 in the modern Republic of Korea Army is tank war It is not for infantry support, and ...

2021年6月5日 · South Korea upgraded a total of 600 M48A3 vehicles to the M48A5K specifications. The key points of improvement include: switching to diesel engines, increasing the mileage of tanks, switching to...

The M48 Patton Main Battle Tank, sometimes referred to as a medium tank, entered production in 1952 and service with the U.S. Army later that year. This example was photographed at Fort Greely, Alaska Territory, 14 April 1955.

"M48A5"는 미국에서 개발된 M48 계열의 최종 업그레이드로, 1970년대에 M60의 실패작인 M60A2의 정식 배치가 결정되어 잉여 105mm M68 주포들이 생기자 주방위군의 M48에 대해서도 전차포 탄약체계를 105mm로 통일하기 위해 M48A5 개조에 착수했다. 다만 이미 M48 차체는 1961 ...

2022年11月10日 · Was the M48 used in Korea? It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman variants and M46 Pattons used in the Korean War, and as the successor to the M47 Patton. The M48 Patton-series saw widespread service with the United States and NATO until it was superseded by the M60 tank as well as being widely exported.