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At this time it has been confirmed that two active-duty armor battalions in Korea with the 2nd ID received M48A5's. They were the 1st and 2nd Bn's of the 72nd Armor.. Likely there were others sent to active duty units in europe and the middle-east as well.. I have made acquaintance with Andy O. who did 5 tours and 6 years in Korea and elsewhere, 1978-1995 ... He stated the Army sent more than a hundred M48A5's to the two well-worn M60A1 tank battalions in Korea in the fall of 1979... This allowed TACOM to receive more than 100 additional M60A1 hulls for rebuild/conversion to M60A3... As a crew member, Andy stated the M48A5's were every bit as good as the M60A1's they previously had... He indicated 72nd Armor was Active Duty at Camp Casey, Korea.. He claimed the M48A5's served in Korea under the 2d Infantry Division banner from the Fall of 1979 thru the Summer of 1984... They were slowly replaced as "new" M60A3's arrived.. I found this info interesting. If you visit the M48 group on FB, you will see many interesting shots of the A5's in all kinds of weather and field conditions, in Korea, middle-east, and elsewhere, doing what they were built to doM48A5! Thought most of those went to National Guard units….
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