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For 40 years I've been telling people I never saw a tank in Nam.
This was taken a couple days after we went into Cambodia. This is a staging area on the border next to fire base star.
The other night I came across this, can you guys identify?
tap

I think it might be this one .An American Vietnam era M551 Sheridan light tank. but i might be wrong.

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-3017009 ... -tank.html

It's a Sheridan.

Yep def a Sheridan

thanks guys
Pat

this is interesting
air borne tank

At the time of the M551's acceptance into service production in 1966,[2] the United States Army no longer used the heavy, medium, and light tank classifications. In 1960, with the deactivation of its last (M103) heavy tank battalion, and the fielding of the new M60 series tank, the U.S. Army had adopted a main battle tank (MBT) doctrine; a single tank filling all combat roles.[3][4] The U.S. Army still retained the M41 Walker Bulldog light tank in the Army National Guard, but other than the units undergoing the transitional process, the regular army consisted of MBTs. Partly because of this policy, the new M551 could not be classified as a light tank, and was officially classified as an "Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle".

wikepedia

+1 for the sheridan....
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the tank could not be fired while over the side of the tank, if it was fired it would tip the tank over on its side.

M551 Sheridan light tank, my first thought.
......and somewhere I remember reading that it was the replacement for the M41 Walker bulldog.
Looks like Tapkoote is spot on.
Cheers
Afrikakorps

Definitely a Sheridan M551 but without the missile system.
I ran a ordinance repair unit in Germany for 3 years and our main customers were cav units and their 551s.
The missile system was considered top secret at the time and a few Germans who made the mistake of trying to enter post by climbing over the outer walls of bases that were part of locked in secure motor pool areas got shot for their effort.