This episode examines the Patton tank paradox—the story of how the M46, M47, M48, and M60 “Patton” series bridged the gap between World War II armor and the modern main battle tank. We trace how ...

The two young men joined the military to serve in WWII, but before leaving they made a pact. Find out what happened when the ...

It isn’t uncommon to see a vintage Patton tank in front of a National Guard armory or a meeting hall for the Veterans of Foreign Wars these days. The steel... Last November, a World War II M4A1 ...

From the M46 Pershing upgrade to the M48 Patton and beyond, the U.S. Army’s Cold War tanks combined evolving firepower with ...

The M60 “Patton” was a second-generation MBT. I put the “Patton” moniker in quotes because unlike, say, the M48 Patton, this particular make and model of tank was actually never officially christened ...

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CHIRIACO SUMMIT, Calif. (KESQ) History is hard to miss along I-10 in Riverside County — especially when it’s made of steel. The General Patton Memorial Museum has unveiled its newest addition: a ...

DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...

BERWICK, Pa. — Tents are going up and the clock is turning back, as Berwick prepares to step into the past for its eighth annual World War II Weekend. The event pays tribute to the critical role the ...

In the pre-dawn hours of March 3, 1969, soldiers at Ben Het Special Forces Camp in the Central Highlands near the Laotian border heard something unusual in the jungle. They had patrolled the area for ...

Following the impressive accomplishments of battle tanks during the Second World War, the armies of the world got to work expanding their fleets of tracked guns. That effort resulted in a series of ...