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- From: Patrick Eves <patrick.eves@CANREM.COM>
- Subject: no cannister-was re:t
- Message-ID: <Bzs8pI.L95@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: NCR Corporation -- Law Department
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:22:30 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From Patrick Eves <patrick.eves@CANREM.COM>
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- >The 82nd still uses the Sheridan "Armored Recon Vehicle" with cannister rounds
- >used as recently as Panama.
-
- Actually, the 82nd also took the Sheridan to Saudi Arabia. I'm not sure if
- they took the cannister rounds.
-
- >The Sheridan also fires the only tube launched missle (don't ask me how to
- >spell it :^) nor it's M- designator).
-
- According to some sources, the Soviet 125mm cannon can also fire the AT-8
- "Kobra" missle.
-
- IT>What _is_ the Sheridan's main gun? How capable was the Shillelagh?
-
- The Sheridan's main gun is the M-81 152mm gun/launcher. It fires a 152mm
- HE round, or the Shillelagh missle. There may be other HE based rounds, I'm
- not too sure. It was originally developed for the US/West German MBT-70
- programme, the amazing wonder tank of the '60s that never got past the
- prototype stage. Some parts of the programme survived, one was the gun, the
- other was the turbine engine concept, and we all know where that ended up.
- The missle itself seemed okay, fast and lethal, but the gun/launcher
- combination really stank.
- According to what I've read, the problems with the M-551 were legion. In
- Vietnam, its armour was not up to the task of stopping VC/NVA 12.7mm machine
- gun rounds, and its engine was the pits. Also, the combustable case was a major
- cause of grief, as it apparently disintegrated when the tank traversed rough
- ground, leaving flammable bits of case all over the turret interior.
-
- The M-551 was at one time part of every armoured cavalry unit - now only the
- 82nd uses it, and only until something better comes along. That should tell
- you something about it. One of my favourite anecdotes about the Sheridan goes
- like this:
-
- An M1A1 pulls up beside a Sheridan in an assembly area. The Abrams commander
- pops out, looks at the Sheridan for a minute, and then remarks to some
- onlookers:
- (pointing down at M1A1) "This is your tank."
- (pointing at Sheridan) "This is your tank on drugs."
-
- I don't know if it's true or not, but I sure laughed.
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