" Sheridan from Ryefield Model " Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Feb 2019 12:21 p.m. PST |
"…The M551 Sheridan was developed to provide the US Army with a light armoured reconnaissance vehicle with heavy firepower. The main armament consists of a 152mm M81 gun/missile launcher capable of firing conventional ammunition and the MGM-51 Shillelagh antitank missile (20 conventional rounds and 8 missiles). Due to problems with the gun-tube-launched antitank missile, the Sheridan was not fielded widely throughout the Army. The gun would foul with caseless ammunition, gun firing would interfere with missile electronics, and the entire vehicle recoiled with unusual vigour when the gun was fired since the 152mm gun was too big for the light-weight chassis…."
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Lion in the Stars | 16 Feb 2019 12:40 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 17 Feb 2019 3:46 p.m. PST |
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Rudysnelson | 18 Feb 2019 5:03 p.m. PST |
Our M551s in the First Cavalry only had six grenade/smoke launchers per side. Very effective in a fighting withdrawal action. the main drawback was that they per a good indicator for the enemy to put artillery in the area or call in a copter strike. |
deadhead | 19 Feb 2019 8:58 a.m. PST |
The law of intended consequences. it is so obvious a major protection to surround yourself in a blanket of smoke, unless of course it makes things worse (or the enemy have other than optical targeting of course). I had never heard that before. Thanks for sharing. Poor old Sheridan was such a novel idea at the time. Lightweight, air portable, massive firepower and a very sexy A/T missile system.
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Tango01 | 19 Feb 2019 3:02 p.m. PST |
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