title: M48
text: # M48
  
  M48 or M-48 may refer to:
  
  * Messier 48, an open star cluster in the constellation Hydra
  * 48th known Mersenne prime
  * M48 Patton, an American tank
  * MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral, an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system
  * M-48 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan
  * M48 motorway, a motorway in Great Britain between England and Wales
  * M48 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa
  * M48 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa
  * M48 Mauser, a Yugoslavian version of the Mauser K98 rifle
  * 76 mm mountain gun M48, a Yugoslavian mountain gun
  * Zastava M48, a post World War II Yugoslavian version of the German Karabiner 98k
  