M48 or M-48 may refer to:
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Messier 48
Messier 48 or M48, also known as NGC 2548, is an open cluster of stars in the celestial equator, equatorial constellation of Hydra (constellation), Hydra. It sits near Hydra's westernmost limit with Monoceros, about to the east and slightly sou ...
, an open star cluster in the constellation Hydra
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Mersenne prime
In mathematics, a Mersenne prime is a prime number that is one less than a power of two. That is, it is a prime number of the form for some integer . They are named after Marin Mersenne, a French Minim friar, who studied them in the early 17t ...
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M48 Patton
The M48 Patton is an American List of main battle tanks by generation#First generation, first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. It was designed as a replacement for the M2 ...
, an American tank
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MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral, an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system
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M-48 (Michigan highway)
M-48 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the US state of Michigan. It connects Rudyard with Pickford and continues to the far eastern end of the UP. The highway runs for through rural parts of Chippewa Coun ...
, a state highway in Michigan
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M48 motorway
The M48 is a long motorway in Great Britain, which crosses the Severn near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, linking England with Wales via the Severn Bridge. This road used to be the M4, and as a result is anomalously numbered: as it lies to the ...
, a motorway in Great Britain between England and Wales
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M48 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa
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M48 (Johannesburg)
The M48 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch ...
, a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa
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M48 Mauser
The Zastava M48 (Serbo-Croatian: ''Puška M.48 7,9 mm'' / Пушка M.48 7,9 mm, "Rifle M.48 7.9 mm") is a post World War II Yugoslav version of the German Karabiner 98k designed by Mauser and the Belgian designed M24 series. It was the s ...
, a Yugoslavian version of the Mauser K98 rifle
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76 mm mountain gun M48
The 76 mm mountain gun M-48 (AKA the Tito Gun), was developed after the Second World War to meet the requirements of Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југослове ...
, a Yugoslavian mountain gun
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Zastava M48, a post World War II Yugoslavian version of the German Karabiner 98k
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