@volleyfireandy – I did a lot of Hue City and Khe Sanh wargaming during our Tet Offensive campaign and article series (50th Anniversary) back in early 2018.
@templar007 – as far as people “not liking” the M48 and M60, I wouldn’t worry too much about that. No, the designs were not perfect (tall height, flammable hydraulic fluid, initially undergunned) but served in dozens of armies and still does to this day. M48s served on both sides of some very serious India-Pakistan wars in what is still called “the Valley of the Pattons.”
Admittedly they got a new lease on life with the British L7 / M68 105mm rifle, but it’s also telling that the Israelis took the engines out of most of their Centurions and replaced them with engines from the M48/60, because those Centurions were just so fast and reliable. (*cough, cough*) Sorry, had something in my throat there.
Tanks have to work in order to be effective in the battlefield. As in, the engine needs to turn over. 😐
If you’re building M48 Magachs for 1967, I assume you’re working with the original 90mm gun. With VERY few exceptions (as in a single company, according to @damon ), 1967 IDF Magachs still had the 90mm. The 105s (M48A5 / M60A1) largely comes out for ’73 Yom Kippur.
