The U.S. Army has canceled the M10 Booker armored vehicle program, just two years after its unveiling, in a move to cut ...

He helped integrate airborne armor for the division’s rapid deployment capabilities and was part of the first Sheridan tank element from the 82nd to deploy during Operations Desert Shield and ...

Infographics credit: BAE Systems The M8 concept was created back in the 1990s to replace the M551 Sheridan light tank for the American airborne forces. Therefore, when the command of the 82nd Airborne ...

Soldiers of the 46th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Forces ... our fury and the skill of our brothers." Details: "Barn tanks", also called "turtle tanks", are tanks coated in additional ...

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 ...

In the annals of U.S. Army history, the M551 Sheridan holds a distinctive place as the last light tank designed for airborne operations and rapid deployment. Developed during the Cold War to counter ...

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 ...

The M551 Sheridan, a light tank developed by the US Army for airborne operations and river crossings, served from 1969 to 1997. Despite vulnerabilities, it saw combat in Vietnam, Panama, and the ...

The 25th Airborne Brigade earlier this month revealed, in a photo it posted on-line, that it has begun reequipping with German-made Leopard 1A5 tanks. The brigade previously had begun inducting ...

The U.S. Army's final light tank was the M551 Sheridan, a truly unique weapon ... this work was to develop an "armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle." From this designation alone ...