[MasterGunner01]

Actually, there were three tanks named after Patton: the M47, M48, and M60. All things considered, they were good tanks with 90mm (and later 105mm) guns. The M47s were given to our allies and US Army tankers used M48 and M60 tanks. The M60A2 tank with its 152mm gun and anti-tank missile system was too complex and the turrets were removed and retrofitted with standard 105mm gun turrets. The Marines used the M67A1 flame tank (flamethrower version of the M48) very effectively in Vietnam.

[NFHale]

I always thought it interesting how we had “tanks” and “tank destroyers” in WWII... (Germans did too).

The M24 Chaffee, M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings were tanks; while the M18 Hellcat was a “tank destroyer” (same with the M10 and M36).