I think the more proper I now believe USMC
M-48A2C was the tank that bridged the gap to the M-48A3 (To include the ARMY.) which needed to be done. The M-48A2/A2C was used by both services it appears with the A2C having improved the main gun capabilities with other improvements over the
M-48A1/A2. What seems to have been one of the major factors in further development to the
M-48A3 was that both services wanted to get away from the gasoline engines they were using up to that time for many reasons to chiefly include overall safety, fuel economy and reliability. But one thing I'm seeing constantly though when looking at the Amazon/Google online book excerpts that are offered is that I'm reading ...the U.S. Army and Marines... when discussing the
M-48A2 it would seem the tank sort of "fell through the cracks" but at the same time is still there. I'm getting rough dates from about 1957-1959 until 1962-1963 for the M-48A2. But for the record my focus is strictly is on
verification of use and not dates at this time. If you verify that the rest will fall into place,
unless again you're dealing with the French 105mm which as you can see will always be a thorn in my side, and I'll never get those years/research hours back again.
But to be clear
I don't see this issue related to my "
historically being accurate" and other argument I made for getting the
M-60A1 RISE PASSIVE entered into the game for the ARMY from
Page 8/POST #73 of this thread as I submitted in 2010. For a
more detailed explanation and why this thread is if you will "off limits" is to allow for Don and I to hash these issues out in
a more focused manner see
The FASTBOAT Patch page thread
Pages #1-#2. You'll also see the "baby steps" I was taking at the time but I was thankful for the help I got from
Don and
AMX to get me through those then embarrassing but now funny moments.
The
M-48A2/A2C is as different overall from the M-48A1 as the M-48A3 is to both of the previous mods.
I'm just waiting to hear back as indicated previously.
Regards,
Pat
