page_title: M47 Patton
section_title: Former operators
hierarchical_section_title: M47 Patton / Operators / Former operators
caption_attribution_description: English: M47 Patton II, Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden, Germany
context_page_description: The M47 Patton was an American main battle tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton. It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during World War II and one of the earliest American advocates of tanks in battle.
  The M47 was the U.S. Army's and Marine Corps' primary tank, intended to replace the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton medium tanks. The M47 was widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, both SEATO and NATO countries, and was the only Patton series tank that never saw combat while in US service.
  Although similar in appearance to the later M48s and M60s, these were completely new tank designs. Many different M47 Patton models remain in service internationally. The M47 was the last US tank to have a bow-mounted machine gun in the hull.
context_section_description:  Austria – 153 M47s in active service from 1957 till 1982. Since 1972, turrets of retired M47 tanks were fixed in Austrian bunker systems.
   Belgium – One of the surviving examples is visible in the Brussels Military Museum
   Bosnia and Herzegovina
   Croatia – Over 20 during the Croatian War of Independence, 16 units remained in service by 1996 but were soon retired.
   Cyprus – One captured vehicle.
   Ethiopia – 30 acquired from Yugoslavia in 1977.
   France – 856 (1954–1970) One of the tanks was converted with the 105mm gun developed for the AMX-30, including modifications to the gun breech assembly and ammunition racks.
   Greece – 396 pieces in total, of which 391 were scrapped between 1992 and 1995.
   Iraq – Captured from Iran. All destroyed or scrapped.
   Italy – Up to 2,000 acquired. In the late 1960s one was converted to diesel engine power and fitted with a 105 mm gun for trials.
   Jordan – Acquired 60 captured Iranian M47s through Iraq.
   Netherlands
   Pakistan – Retired in 2002–2003
   Portugal - 161 M-47 Tanks - an entire Armoured Brigade plus a Battalion worth - received from 1952 onwards, under Mutual Security Agency. The started being decommissioned in 1978 and some served until the mid 80's.
   Saudi Arabia
   Somalia – All lost during Somali Civil War (one tank captured by US Army)
   South Korea – Acquired a total of 531 vehicles—463 for the army between 1956 and 1959, and 68 for the marine corps between 1963 and 1964—mainly from the USFK. Around three-quarters of the M47s replaced their 90 mm M36 guns with the 90 mm M41 guns that became available when their M48s upgraded their guns from 90 mm M41 to 105 mm M68. The last vehicle was out of service in 2007.
   West Germany – 1,102 tanks were fielded.
   Turkey – 1,347 tanks were fielded. Today all M47s were recycled and the steel used for civil purposes, except one tank that was delivered to the Istanbul Military Museum and one tank as war memorial in location 35°19′39″N 33°8′28″E (Cyprus).
   United States
   Yugoslavia – Total of 319 delivered during the 1950s when U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower feared that the USSR could attack Yugoslavia via the Hungarian-Yugoslav border.
caption: M47 Patton II in museum in Dresden, Germany
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