M47 - The Most Boring Tank Ever? | Tank Chat #178

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• RH

  @Rhubba · 2 years ago

  No dodgy 1960s WW2 movie was complete without M47s doubling for German "Tigers".

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• BH

  @BHuang92 · 2 years ago

  For a stop-gap tank, it sure has a long service career!

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• FU

  @fuzileiro1974 · 2 years ago

  You forget to mention that Portugal was the first country in Europe to receive the M47 !<br>We received more or less 130 tanks in 1953. They are all new from factory.<br>We (the portuguese Army tank museum, in Elvas, in the spanish/portuguese border) are rebuilding one of this M47.

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• NI

  @nimomemre6550 · 2 years ago

  My Grandfather served in M47 tank as a gunner in Pakistan Army.<br>He took part in the battle of Chawinda (1965). He served in 19 Lancers regiment ... 6th armored division.<br>He was a sweet guy and was proud of his service, never liked wars. He passed away 4 years ago.

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• AN

  @AN-nt3uv · 2 years ago

  I still remember starting to learn just out of curiosity about the difference between M47 and M48 by firing range hard targets and tanks on display at German armour school during my first two courses of my officer&apos;s training. Thanks for bringing back memories and good luck and success with the restoration.

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• CE

  @ceooflovingthehomies9294 · 2 years ago (edited)

  You forgot to mention its service in Panzer Battalians at the Battle of Bulge. It fought valiantly against American M24 Chaffee tanks which were no match (the 90mm guns on the M47 Tigers turning at least one into a Chaffee convertible). However, many M47 Tiger IIs were destroyed when the Allies discovered that fuel drums did great damage against their lower front gracious plate. Colonel Hestler met his end in one of these 😔

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• AR

  @ariochiv · 2 years ago

  Can you imagine if the United States was still using M47&apos;s the way Russia is still using the contemporary T-54?

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• EA

  @earlt.7573 · 2 years ago

  Hey, if you needed to shoot at Godzilla or any Sci-Fi monsters in Japanese movies or TV shows, THIS was the tank to call.

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• -Z

  @-Zevin- · 2 years ago (edited)

  Never found the M47 boring, it&apos;s one of my favorites, and one of the rare tanks I actually have a physical model of. It along with m48 are also the tank you will often see in-front of American legion posts or on display here in Michigan, so I was always fond of them driving by as a kid. &nbsp;I tend to be more fascinated by eastern block tanks, but I may go as far as to say the M47 is my favorite western tank of the cold war.. it has sleeker lines than the later 48

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• F4

  @F4Wildcat · 2 years ago (edited)

  My grandfather has quite the history with this vehicle (belgian army). 1. It was the first tank he had to drive on an antar tank transporter...and he flipped it on his first try.<br><br>2. He was ferrying m47 tanks over a street in hechtelt when he heard a loud bang. A citroen 2cv broke trough the MP barricade and collided with his tank on the sides. A young couple died, but dozens of empty bottles of beer were found and the driver was likely drunk

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• AN

  @Angrymuscles · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s only boring if you don&apos;t like the coolest looking turret design the U.S. ever came out with. The M47 is another one of those underrated and undervalued tanks.

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• JU

  @jughead8988 · 2 years ago

  My pops join the army in 1967. He went to Vietnam as part of the 1st ID. For some reason ne decided he&apos;d rather be in a tank and the fastest way for him to do that was to transfer to the 101st combat engineer battalion. He first tank was a M48 with dozer blade and a short barrel called a CEV. His career went from the M48 all the way through to the M1A1 Abrams tank. The M60A3 was his favorite tank of all time!

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