The struggle in Vietnam would see the deployment of America’s most superior tank but: the M48 Patton. The Patton was a part of a large Army tank modernization challenge to confront Soviet tanks extra successfully (in any case, it was additionally the Cold War). The M48 was armed with a 90mm most important gun and .30 and .50 caliber machine weapons. The tank was wrapped in armor that ranged from 120mm thick within the entrance to 44mm within the rear and will obtain a prime velocity of 30 mph. The U.S. would deploy the primary M48s to Vietnam in March 1965 at Da Nang with over 600 finally discovering their method to the struggle.
The M48 Patton and all of its variants weren’t alone in Vietnam. Though not a tank, the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was the counterpart to the M48 and a necessity for U.S. troops within the struggle. Developed within the Nineteen Fifties, the M113 had mild armor of between 12mm and 38mm thick with a .50 caliber Browning machine gun. It was manned by a crew of two and will transport as much as 11 troopers. The APC would first arrive in Vietnam in 1962 with many variations showing throughout its service to fill varied wants. These included the addition of M60 machine weapons, flamethrowers, and even Vulcan 20mm Gatling weapons.
