Development of the M551 Sheridan began in 1959. It's program was known as the AR/AAV or Armored Reconnaissance / Airborne Assault Vehicle. First prototypes were built in 1962 and production commenced in 1966. Vehicle is named in honor to Civil War General Philip Sheridan. A total of 1 700 M551 Sheridan light tanks were built until 1970, when production ceased. The M551 Sheridan replaced the M41 tanks and M56 self-propelled guns in service with the US Army. Sheridans were gradually phased out of service since 1978, however last vehicles were decommissioned in 1996. Currently the US Army has no real replacement for this light tank.
http://www.military-today.com/tanks/m551_sheridan.htm
It was a kinda cool POS...)
ReplyDeleteBy POS of course you mean "Piece of.....Seriously compromised equipment"
ReplyDeletePOS? Surely that should be CBSA (Crap but strangely appealing)
ReplyDeleteactually gentlemen it's only one word, (what's brown and sounds like a bell)think of the more crass usage lol
ReplyDeleteI like Tim's term there lol
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