M47 Patton - Combat Service

Combat Service

• Pakistan used M47s against India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• Jordan used M47s against Israel in the Six Day War in 1967.
• The M47 was used by the Turkish Army, in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July and August 1974, with an estimated 200 Pattons involved in the action. At least one operational M47, number 092273, was captured by the Cyprus National Guard and remained in service until 1993. The example is currently stored at the camp of the 25 EMA in Paphos as a training and memorial exhibit.
• Iran used M47s against Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war.
• In the 1980s and early 1990s, the Turkish army used M47 tanks against PKK guerrillas in Turkey and Iraq. Turkish M48A5 variants replaced all remaining M47 in the late 1990s.
• Croatia used M47s against the Serbs in the Croatian War of Independence but their performance was inferior to that of the Soviet-designed T-55s. The M47's were retired from service immediately after the war, and are now used as gunnery/missile targets during military exercises.