I agree, after having read several publications on the Sheridan. A tank that could be air dropped to support otherwise lightly armed paratroopers was nothing to sneeze at! It's nice to have highly mobile armored artillery when you are surrounded!X82d Pathfinder wrote:The tank wasn't a failure. It was typical of light armor which didn't have the defensive armor of medium and havey armor. We used them in the 82nd. The Army retired them in 1996. They could be air dropped. It often made me think of the Locust that was carried into combat in gliders.
I spoke with Natasha at the AAF Tank Museum an was told that last they heard the kit would be shipping around the 20th of this month.
Barry