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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
Qualification for tank status being???
Armor? Primary weapon system? Being in posession of a slip ring? Treads rather than Wheels?
Then what of the Sheridan?
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Hmmm...M-551 Armored Recon Vehicle, 152mm gun/launcher, air-droppable (almost). I watched them drop a Sheridan at Bragg (Sicily DZ) as part of a Brass Strike demonstration. Half the chutes failed to open - it landed almost dead center in front of the reviewing stands - about 200 meters out. All you could see was the turret sticking out of the ground. Definitely not driveable!
Who came up with the idiotic idea of running the wires for the tube launched missle out the gun tube? After firing the missile, did someone climb out and pull the wires out of the tube befire firing a conventional round?
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