Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1953, i kawea te pū M48 ki Burma. Kua kaweake hoki te M48 rifle ki Algeria, Chad, Indonesia, Ihipa, Iraq me Hiria. I whakamahia i roto i te Pakanga Independence o Algeria (1954-1962)
, te Pakanga a-Iwi o Repanona (1975-1990), te Pakanga o Iraki-Iran (1980-1988), te Pakanga i Yugoslavia (1991-2001) me te whakamutunga i te pakanga a-iwi i Hiria (2011-).