That, supposedly, is the Army’s latest dream vehicle. The writer is too young, apparently to remember the aluminum M551 Sheridans. They were particularly vulnerable to RPGs:
From Wikipedia: “It became a common scene [in Vietnam by 1971] to observe melted Sheridan hulls with their sunken steel turrets sitting at odd angles with their gun tubes pointing towards the sky in various parts of the country, either awaiting final disposition, or simply forgotten.”
But first, in late 1968, the Sheridan joined our Sixth Armored Cav collection of rag-tag tanks and APCs. It wasn’t parachuted in. It wasn’t so good at that, either.
Via Instapundit.
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