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troung · 12-25-2005, 15:22 PM

The versions should be picked better...

The M-48A3 has a 90mm but the M-48A5 has the 105mm. Combat seems to have shown the M-48 the better tank granted crews are never equal, tactics are never the same and no one duels. From the Iran Iraq War to the Second Indochina War and Arab Israeli wars the M-48s of all versions have come out ahead. In IDF service the M-48 was more popular then the upgraded T-55s.

12-25-2005, 15:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
troung A Self Important *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 4,188 Country:	The versions should be picked better... The M-48A3 has a 90mm but the M-48A5 has the 105mm. Combat seems to have shown the M-48 the better tank granted crews are never equal, tactics are never the same and no one duels. From the Iran Iraq War to the Second Indochina War and Arab Israeli wars the M-48s of all versions have come out ahead. In IDF service the M-48 was more popular then the upgraded T-55s.