On 9 November 1950, the US Army changed the basis of its tank designation system from weight to the caliber of the vehicle's main gun. The tank was originally nicknamed Patton II, but the name was changed to Patton 47 a few weeks later. 50cal MG pintle placed farther forward on the roof compared to earlier vehicles. Most M47s, however, were produced with a cylindrical blast deflector. Early tanks were armed with a 90mm gun featuring a single-baffle muzzle brake, and late tanks had a T-shaped blast deflector. Production issues with the rangefinder led to the first fifty-one tanks being delivered without the unit, and the rangefinder's turret apertures in these machines were blanked off. The "eyes" of the gunner's stereoscopic rangefinder protruded from the top sides of the turret.
The turret had a long bustle which housed the radio and a ventilator. The front hull had a sharper slope, however, and the rotoclone blower placed between the drivers on the M46 was deleted. The M47 was essentially an M46 fitted with the narrow turret from the T42 tank prototype. General Motors CD-850-4, 2 ranges forward, 1 reverseĭual track tension wheel behind last road wheelĬenter guide, double pin, rubber backed steel
90mm Gun Tank M47 Patton 47 90mm Gun Tank M47 Patton 47 1-15 M47: GeneralĬontinental AV-1790-5B, -7, or -7B 12 cylinder, 4 cycle, 90° vee gasoline
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