The M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle) was a light tank developed by the United States and named after General Philip...
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Army competition in the 1990s to design a light tank to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW-equipped HMMWVs. It was the ultimate incarnation of several...
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Tanks of the United States (section M551 Sheridan)
U.S. Army, and in 1973 in the U.S. Marine Corps. The design of the M551 Sheridan was initiated when the replacement for the M41, the T92 Light Tank,...
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Army's M8 Armored Gun System, the service's planned replacement for the M551 Sheridan light tank. The MGS was procured in limited numbers. It has been retired...
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Mobile Gun System – US Army's previous assault gun based on Stryker M551 Sheridan - US Army's last light tank. Retired in 1997 M41 Walker Bulldog - Light...
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intervention forces which were not expected to face enemy tanks. The US M551 Sheridan had similar strengths and weaknesses, but could also be airdropped,...
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commander and gunner. The Sheridan's only air drop in combat occurred during Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989, when 14 M551's were deployed; four were...
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Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd...
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23. Zaloga, M551 Sheridan, p. 5. Fletcher, p. 72 Flint, pp. 24–25. Flint, p. 26. Zaloga, M551 Sheridan, pp. 7–8. Zaloga, M551 Sheridan, pp. 8–10. Flint...
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MGM-51 Shillelagh (section Sheridan)
produced MBT-70 tank and served most notably as a primary weapon of the M551 Sheridan light tank, but the missile system was not issued to units serving in...
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