![]() ![]() ![]() This was relatively common in the 1960s due to a shortage in M85s, as well as the general unpopularity of what was supposed to be the the successor of the M2, but was ultimately consigned to the scrap heap of history due to unreliability. I also took the creative choice of substituting the turret-mounted M85 HMGs with ad-hoc, externally attached M2s. Similar to the Shermans, I painted these two guys in a heavily weathered olive scheme. Although this continued in a more limited capacity with its successor, the M60, the hull to the flat, hard-edge angles seen ubiquitous in modern Western tank design (and even becoming embraced by Russian and Chinese tank designers it seems. The M48 was kind of the last hurrah of the World War Two rounded aesthetic in tanks. Rather than model them as the A3 model with its ugly-assed IR searchlight, however, I decided to go with the more streamlined-looking A2 model. Returning to a previous theme of 1960s Europe, I picked up a couple M48s in battlefront's recent big Vietnam stock sale. ![]()
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