The Sheridan took shape in the late 1950s. February 1957 saw the beginning of an ambitious project, the next step in U.S. tank creation, with the work of the Ad Hoc Group on Armament for Future ...

Key Points – The M551 Sheridan light tank, designed for airborne forces with air-drop and amphibious capabilities, was rushed into the Vietnam War in 1969. -Its mobility and 152mm gun ...

In the end, the Army spent $1.3 billion on the M551 Sheridan “Armored Reconaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle”—which was definitely a tank, regardless of the nomenclature—and produced more ...

In the end, the Army spent $1.3 billion on the M551 Sheridan “Armored Reconaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle”—which was definitely a tank, regardless of the nomenclature—and produced more ...

Well, the amphibious M551 light tank, better known as the Sheridan, wasn't the worst of its kind to enter combat, far from it. Still, it was hardly anything to write home about most of the time ...