NATO Heavy Tank (50's, 60's, 70's)

EVA-251

Patton Tank Series

Historical Background: The Patton series of tanks originated from one of the late war heavy tank models of WWII, the M-26. The M-26 Pershing was a heavily armed and armored tank capable of taking on a Tiger on equal terms with its powerful 90mm cannon. In a single action during the advance into Germany, the Pershing Tank destroyed a Tiger and 2 Panzer 4 tanks in a single action.

After the war however it was reclassified and was called a Medium Tank. Improvements in the engine and gun of the tank results in the first of the Patton series, the M-46. Both the M-26 Pershing and M-46 saw extensive service in Korea, where it helped deal a crushing blow to the North Korean armored forces, who were used to facing off against M-24 Chaffees and M4 Shermans.

The M-47 Patton was a stop gap design for the US Army, and over 8500 were produced during the time of the Korean War. It never saw service in Korea though, and did not see any major service in the US. It was heavily exported to NATO countries, who often took it upon themselves to improve it. The Israeils notably had designed a 90mm APFSDS round for the M-36(63?) cannon.

The M-48 Patton was the next step in the series, and saw countless variants throughout its servive life. Little varies between this tank and the previous M-47 and M-46 in its early forms, It arrived too late for the Korean War, but later versions of it saw service in the 60's and 70's in the Vietnam conflict. It also saw service in the conflicts in the Middle East.

The M60 takes it familiar design and characteristics straight from the M48A3. It was essentially a M48A3 equipped with the M68 Rifled gun. Entering service in 1960, it was one of the main battle tanks of NATO forces throughout the remainder of the Cold War. Multiple improvements and changes resulted in variants like the M60A1, A2, and A3 The M60 has seen extensive service in the Israeli army, which put ERA on its them.
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(m26 pershing)M46 Patton Info:
Primary Weapon: 90mm Cannon(m3), firing ... .
-Good Against: Sloping Armor, Thick Armor, Buidlings, Bunkers, Medium Armored Vehicles, Thin Skinned Vehicles
-Weak Against: Ship Plating

Secondary Weapon: Browning .50caliber machine gun, firing AP.
-Good Against: Infantry, Low-Flying Aircraft such as helicopters(okay)
-Weak Against: Buildings, Bunkers, Armored vehicles.

Protection:
Frontal Armor: 4.0 inches
Minimum Thickness: 0.51 inches
-Fairs well against: Rounds below 90mm, rifle and machine gun fire(ground based), small explosives(grenades)
-Does not fair well against: Rounds above 85mm, aerial weaponry, naval weaponry, anti-tank rockets(infantry), artillery

Nicknames, Alias: Patton Tank, M46, M46 Patton

Mobility:
Speed(MPH): 30mph, (KM): 48kph(right?)

Special Ability:(unique quality): Not a Medium Tank
Downside: Low Deployment Abiltiies

Is Usable through:
1950's only -(Korean War maps only)

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M48(A3) Patton Info:
Primary Weapon: 90mm Cannon(m41), firing ... .
-Good Against: Sloping Armor, Thick Armor, Buidlings, Bunkers, Medium Armored Vehicles, Thin Skinned Vehicles
-Weak Against: Ship Plating

Secondary Weapon: Browning .50caliber machine gun, firing AP.
-Good Against: Infantry, Low-Flying Aircraft such as helicopters(okay)
-Weak Against: Buildings, Bunkers, Armored vehicles.

Protection:
Frontal Armor: 4.8 inches
Minimum Thickness: 0.5 inches
-Fairs well against: Rounds below 90mm, rifle and machine gun fire(ground based), small explosives(grenades)
-Does not fair well against: Rounds above 90mm, aerial weaponry, naval weaponry, anti-tank rockets(infantry), artillery

Nicknames, Alias: Patton Tank, M48(A3), M48(A3) Patton

Mobility:
Speed(MPH): 30mph, (KM): 48kph(right?)

Special Ability:(unique quality): Not a Medium Tank
Downside: Low Deployment Abiltiies

Is Usable through:
1950's only -(50's Heavy Tank, not Korea tho)
1960s-1970s(Vietnam)

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M48(A5) Patton Info:

Primary Weapon: 105mm Cannon(m68), firing ... .
-Good Against: Sloping Armor, Thick Armor, Buidlings, Bunkers, Medium Armored Vehicles, Thin Skinned Vehicles
-Weak Against: Ship Plating

Secondary Weapon: Browning .50caliber machine gun, firing AP.
-Good Against: Infantry, Low-Flying Aircraft such as helicopters(okay)
-Weak Against: Buildings, Bunkers, Armored vehicles.

Protection:
Frontal Armor: 4.8 inches
Minimum Thickness: 0.5 inches
-Fairs well against: Rounds below 90mm, rifle and machine gun fire(ground based), small explosives(grenades)
-Does not fair well against: Rounds above 90mm, aerial weaponry, naval weaponry, anti-tank rockets(infantry), artillery

Nicknames, Alias: Patton Tank, M48A5, M48, M48 Patton

Mobility:
Speed(MPH): 30mph, (KM): 48kph(right?)

Downside: Low Deployment Abiltiies

Is Usable through:
(Vietnam maps?)

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M60 Battle Tank Info:

Primary Weapon: 105mm Cannon(m68), firing ... .
-Good Against: Thick Armor, Buidlings, Bunkers, Medium Armored Vehicles, Thin Skinned Vehicles
-Weak Against: Ship Plating

Secondary Weapon: Browning .50caliber machine gun, firing AP.
-Good Against: Infantry, Low-Flying Aircraft such as helicopters(okay)
-Weak Against: Buildings, Bunkers, Armored vehicles.

Protection:
Thickness: Classfied
-Fairs well against: Rounds below 105mm, infantry weapons
-Does not fair well against: Artillery, air delivered explosives, ATGMs

Nicknames, Alias: M60, M60A3, Patton Tank

Mobility:
Speed(MPH): 30mph, (KM): 48kph(right?)

Special Ability: NBC Protection
Downside: Relatively slow

Is Usable through:
1960s, 70s, 80s

[b]Note: ALL M26/M48/M60 Tanks have no finished voxel, but are cameoized.[/b]

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Project Lead Developer, New-Star Strike (2014-)
Former Project Lead Developer Star Strike (2005-2012), Z-Mod (2006-2007), RA1.5 (2008-2013), The Cold War (2006-2007)

Yurisarmy · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject:

Can't wait to see the voxelizations. Smile

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Tovarich.Slavick · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 5:17 am Post subject:

ejje fast things are always bad where slow are mostly perfect. jojojo

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EVA-251 · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:29 am Post subject:

M1A1 is a fast thing. 40mph, and it is the best tank in the world. (considering quantity and quality)

Update on M48: Chassis completed. Moving on to turret tommorow. Me must sleep now.

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Tovarich.Slavick · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 3:18 am Post subject:

nooo i didnt meant the tank was slow jojo i meant that when you do things at fast or angry way they get sometimes but most times wrogn beacuse of that and the best things are always the ones wich demands more time.

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EVA-251 · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject:

There ya guys go. The finished product of my hard work. In-games of it killing T-34s hopefully today.

Texture right now is unfinished, but I hope to get somewhere with that soon.

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YR modder/artist, DOOM mapper, aka evanb90
Project Lead Developer, New-Star Strike (2014-)
Former Project Lead Developer Star Strike (2005-2012), Z-Mod (2006-2007), RA1.5 (2008-2013), The Cold War (2006-2007)

Elerium-155 · Commander **Joined**: 07 Mar 2005

Shwazzzyyyyyy Smile

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Tovarich.Slavick · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:

one word. PERFECT!

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EVA-251 · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 2:21 am Post subject:

Well, it did not come out perfect, but on A Land Divided with the Dusk settings, boy, did it come out nice with the new skin improvements.

The colors stick to the Soviet theme, as to allow for easy color conversion later on.

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Project Lead Developer, New-Star Strike (2014-)
Former Project Lead Developer Star Strike (2005-2012), Z-Mod (2006-2007), RA1.5 (2008-2013), The Cold War (2006-2007)

Tovarich.Slavick · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 4:35 am Post subject:

if o dont find good textures your gonna texture some test voxels

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Yurisarmy · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

Neato tank. Cool

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EVA-251 · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:

I will get official ingames of the M48, T-54, and Katyusha rocket today, so get ready.(the classic 8 directional view, and battle scenes)

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Project Lead Developer, New-Star Strike (2014-)
Former Project Lead Developer Star Strike (2005-2012), Z-Mod (2006-2007), RA1.5 (2008-2013), The Cold War (2006-2007)

Tovarich.Slavick · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject:

ou you could have asked me if yuu needed pix

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