M47 Patton Tank

The M47 main battle tank was developed based on the experience of the Korean War, where the American M26 Pershings clashed with the Soviet T-34-85s. Although production lasted only about two years, a total of 8,576 units were produced. Patton were in service with the armies of the United States, Austria, Belgium, Jordan, Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, Germany, Japan, withstood several upgrades and remained in service until the 90s of the last century.

The machine had a tower of complex shape-the projecting compartment contained ammunition, 90-mm guns, the compartment was closed from the side of the tower with an armored cover, and the rear had an easily knocked-out plate - in the event of an explosion of ammunition when a projectile hit, the explosion energy, knocking out the plate, went out, giving the crew a chance of survival.

A 12-cylinder Continental diesel engine with a power of 810 hp provided the 46-ton combat vehicle with a speed of up to 48 km/h. The power reserve, however, was small - only 130 km, it would seem, is very small, but in the NATO armies such equipment has been transported on trailers directly to the place of combat use since the post-war years.

Presented in Istanbul's Rahmi M. Koç Museum, the combat vehicle was in service with the 52nd tank division of the Turkish army.