Response Reference Hunnicutt Patton A History of the American Main Battle Tank specifically states that the M Series main battle tank was not officially a Patton tank Hunnicutt as well as the US Army TM Operators Manual specifies the M as a COMBAT tank  If Wikipedia specifically states that they wish to call the M by an UNOFFICIAL name then further corrections will NOT be made Its Wikipedias program if they want to call the M a Patton and they know that it is NOT correct then that privilege will be respected Request Wikipedia to state We know the M is not a Patton but wish to continue calling it a Patton Once that statement is made all transmissions will cease