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The Army’s M551 Sheridan Light Tank Never Had a Chance
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The Army’s M551 Sheridan Light Tank Never Had a Chance
Key Points and Summary – The M551 Sheridan was America’s last true light tank: airdroppable, amphibious, and armed with a 152mm gun that could launch MGM-51 Shillelagh missiles. Fast and agile, it delivered bunker-busting HEAT, beehive, and canister rounds in Vietnam, then smashed roadblocks in Panama and led 82nd Airborne thrusts in Desert Storm. M551 Sheridan Light Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons. -But its thin aluminum armor, vulnerabili…
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