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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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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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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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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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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residential community. The M551 Sheridan tank is named after Sheridan. Mount Sheridan in Yellowstone National Park was named for Sheridan by Captain John W. Barlow...
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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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the turret in the turret basket below the external gun system. M551 Sheridan M551 Sheridan replacement process M8 Armored Gun System Foss, Christopher F...
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replacement for the M551 Sheridan, which the Army canceled due to budget considerations in 1996. The last user of M551 Sheridans, the 3/73rd Armor of...
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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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its weight was too heavy for most air transport of the day. The US M551 Sheridan had similar strengths and weaknesses, but could also be airdropped,...
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longer-barreled and improved variant of the XM-81 gun/launcher used in the light M551 Sheridan and the M60A2 "Starship". This gun/launcher could fire conventional...
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S. M551 Sheridan, an American light tank USS Sheridan, a U.S. Navy ship Sheridan, the name of USS Stettin after she was decommissioned Sheridan's, an...
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ceased production of the M41A1 in late 1954. It was replaced by the M551 Sheridan during the 1960s. Beginning in 1946, the United States Army commissioned...
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T110 M47 Patton M48 Patton T95 medium tank M60 tank T92 Light Tank M551 Sheridan MBT-70 XM803 Expeditionary tank M1 Abrams M8 Armored Gun System Block...
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for example), fitted with MILES gear. The most common vismods were M551 Sheridan light tanks which were dressed up to resemble Russian-made tanks and...
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T110 M47 Patton M48 Patton T95 medium tank M60 tank T92 Light Tank M551 Sheridan MBT-70 XM803 Expeditionary tank M1 Abrams M8 Armored Gun System Block...
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Engineer Vehicle), as well as the MBT-70 prototype vehicles, and on the M551 Sheridan Armored Reconnaissance / Airborne Assault Vehicle (AR/AAV). They were...
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the Vietnam War, and was replaced in the reconnaissance role by the M551 Sheridan light tank. By 1979, it had been branded a failure and retired from...
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also used by Armored Cavalry Squadrons in Vietnam until replaced by M551 Sheridan Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicles (ARAAV) in the Divisional...
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the army's new aluminum tanks (Sheridans) for combat testing. General Abrams concurred, and in January 1969, M551 Sheridans were issued to the 3rd Squadron...
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as the Type B standard. The Type C turret was essentially a larger M551 Sheridan-style turret. A mock-up of this turret was built, but the design was...
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vehicle was eventually replaced in Vietnam by the troubled but effective M551 Sheridan which had a fully armored turret. The USMC used the Ontos, which had...
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Israeli Merkava and Swedish S-tank in protection, while for decades the US's M551 remained the only light tank deployable by parachute. Commanding and coordinating...
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Bulldog M107 Self-Propelled Gun M113 Armored Personnel Carrier M901 ITV M551 Sheridan M578 Light Recovery Vehicle M4 Sherman - several variations, including:...
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Czechoslovakia – Bought and evaluated one example, but, declined acceptance M551 Sheridan – US light tank of the Cold War. SU-100 "Enemy Forces". Archived from...
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MBT Mk 1 Vijayanta Vickers MBT Mk 3 Light AMX-13 M41 Walker Bulldog M551 Sheridan PT-76 PT-85 SK-105 Kürassier Stingray Type 62 Type 63 Type 64 X1A Medium...
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