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M551 Sheridan

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846038731
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the advent of airmobile warfare, there have been numerous attempts to support paratroopers with attached armored vehicles. This book tells the story of the US experience with air-mobile tanks, starting with their efforts in World War II. However, full success was not achieved until the production of the M551 Sheridan. The history of this tank provides the focal point of this book, highlighting the difficulties of combining heavy firepower in a chassis light enough for airborne delivery. The book examines its controversial debut in Vietnam, and its subsequent combat history in Panama and Operation Desert Storm. It rounds out the story by examining the failed attempts to replace the Sheridan with other armored vehicles.

M551 Sheridan

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764358210
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M551 Sheridan is often referred to as a light tank, but in actuality it was an armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle. The M551 was designed to be a lightweight, amphibious, air-droppable vehicle armed with a massive 152 mm gun that doubled as a rocket launcher. The gun launcher was designed to fire the MGM-51 Shillelagh antitank missile, or 152 mm conventional rounds with a combustible cartridge case. The vehicles saw extensive use in Vietnam, Operation Just Cause in Panama (where they saw their only combat air drop), and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Sheridan ended its service with the US Army masquerading as Soviet Bloc vehicles at the National Training Center. Through dozens of archival as well as detailed photographs of some of the finest extant examples of these vehicles, the Sheridan is explored, and its history explained. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

M551 Sheridan Tank

Author : Chris Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897476768
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan Tank written by Chris Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

M551 Sheridan

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961499
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS AN E-BOOK. Since the advent of airmobile warfare, there have been numerous attempts to support paratroopers with attached armored vehicles. This book tells the story of the US experience with air-mobile tanks, starting with their efforts in World War II. However, full success was not achieved until the production of the M551 Sheridan. The history of this tank provides the focal point of this book, highlighting the difficulties of combining heavy firepower in a chassis light enough for airborne delivery. The book examines its controversial debut in Vietnam, and its subsequent combat history in Panama and Operation Desert Storm. It rounds out the story by examining the failed attempts to replace the Sheridan with other armored vehicles.

M551 Sheridan

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Squadron/Signal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780897475822
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan written by David Doyle and published by Squadron/Signal Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

M551 Sheridan in Action

Author : Jim Mesko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897472531
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan in Action written by Jim Mesko and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Armor reconnaissance vehicle crewman

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Armor reconnaissance vehicle crewman written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 147384083X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War written by Michael Green and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pictorial history of the Indochina and Vietnam Wars captures the range of armored warfare used in the region through rare wartime photographs. The two conflicts that engulfed Indochina and Vietnam in the decades after World War II are generally thought of as infantry wars. But in fact, they both involved a significant amount of armored warfare. In this fully illustrated volume, military expert and Vietnam veteran Michael Green describes the many kinds of armored vehicles deployed and their contributions in combat. The ill-fated French Expeditionary Force of the Indochina War was largely equipped with World War II era American tanks—including M3 and M5 Stuart, M4 Sherman and M24 light tanks—as well as armored cars and half-tracks. Most of these eventually went to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, but were outdated and ineffective due to lack of logistics and training. The US Army and Marine Corps build-up in the 1960s saw vast quantities of M48 Pattons, M113 APCs and many specialist variants and improvised armored vehicles arrive in the theatre. The Australians also brought their British Centurion tanks. But it was the Russians, Chinese and North Vietnamese who won the day and their T-38-85 tanks, ZSU anti-aircraft platforms.

Sheridan

Author : R. P. Hunnicutt
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9781626541542
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Sheridan written by R. P. Hunnicutt and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This installation in R. P. Huunnicutt's legendary 10-volume history of American tanks and armored vehicles provides a detailed survey of the American light tank's developmental history, culminating with the M551 Sheridan AR/AAV and the vehicles based on its design. In the period directly after WWII, the Army became interested in developing a light tank. Hunnicutt begins by detailing the program that eventually produced the M41 series of 76mm gun tanks that were designed to fulfill this interest. At 25 tons, the M4 was considered to be too heavy in spite of its popularity with the troops that operated it. Programs developed in an effort to produce a lighter-weight tank resulted in the T71 and T92 tanks, both of which retained the 76mm gun and weighed in at about 17 tons. However, once it was discovered that Soviet tanks of the same caliber were amphibious, the T92 was scrapped to redirect design efforts to an amphibious light tank. This new program produced the XM551 Sheridan, no longer designated as a tank but rather as an "armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle", or AR/AAV for short. An extremely complex design, the M551 Sheridan AR/AAV was plagued by problems with its weapons system in its early stages. The vehicle required a great deal of frequent maintenance which made it unpopular with troops regardless of the fact that it provided a wide range of services. It was phased out of service in the late 1970s. Part III of this book covers the development of a future replacement for the Sheridan. Part IV covers several other light tracked combat vehicles. Boasting dozens of detailed illustrations, line drawings and photographs, as well as the depth, precision, and nuance for which R. P. Hunnicutt's books are renowned, Sheridan: A History of the American Light Tank is a must-have for anyone with a keen interest in American military history. Readers interested in related titles from R. P. Hunnicutt will also want to see: Abrams (ISBN: 9781626542556), Armored Car (ISBN: 9781626541559), Bradley (ISBN: 9781626542525), Half-Track (ISBN: 9781626541320), Patton (ISBN: 9781626548794), Pershing (ISBN: 9781626541672), Sherman (ISBN: 9781626548619), Stuart (History of the American Light Tank, Vol. 1) (ISBN: 9781626548626), Firepower (ISBN: 9781635615036).

Armor Reconnaissance Vehicle Driver

Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Armor Reconnaissance Vehicle Driver written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Department of Defense Appropriations

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

M551 Sheridan in Detail

Author : Brett Avants
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947552111
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book M551 Sheridan in Detail written by Brett Avants and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Armed Services

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Armed Services written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trevilian Station, June 11-12, 1864

Author : Joseph W. McKinney
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623201
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Trevilian Station, June 11-12, 1864 written by Joseph W. McKinney and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1864, General Ulysses Grant ordered his cavalry commander, Philip Sheridan, to conduct a raid to destroy the Virginia Central Railroad between Charlottesville and Richmond. Sheridan fell short of his objective when he was defeated by General Wade Hampton's cavalry in a two-day battle at Trevilian Station. The first day's fighting saw dismounted Yankees and Rebels engaged at close range in dense forest. By day's end, Hampton had withdrawn to the west. Advancing the next morning, Sheridan found Hampton dug in behind hastily built fortifications and launched seven dismounted assaults, each repulsed with heavy casualties. As darkness fell, the Confederates counterattacked, driving the Union forces from the field. Sheridan began his withdrawal that night, an ordeal for his men, the Union wounded and Confederate prisoners brought off the field and the hundreds of starved and exhausted horses that marked his retreat, killed to prevent their falling into Confederate hands.

Sherman

Author : Michel Esteve
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612007406
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Sherman written by Michel Esteve and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A superbly organized, well-written, detailed history of the Sherman tank” with hundreds of photos and diagrams included (Armor Magazine). The Medium Tank, M4, better known to the British as the Sherman, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and western Allies in World War II. Reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and easy to maintain, thousands were distributed to the British Commonwealth and the Soviet Union by the Lend-Lease program. It first saw combat in North Africa, where it outclassed lighter German and Italian tanks. By 1944 the M4 was outgunned by the German heavy tanks, but it still contributed to the fight when deployed in numbers and supported by artillery and fighter-bombers. A detailed insight into the development and deployment of the M4, this book covers the design and construction of the chassis, turret, engine, armaments, and munitions, and differences between the variants of the M4. It covers the difficulties facing the crews who fought in this legendary tank, exploring the training they received and the different combat methods perfected by the Allies, including landing from a landing craft, maneuvering in the bocage of Normandy, and fighting in the snow. Fully illustrated with hundreds of contemporary and modern photographs and detailed diagrams, this complete account provides all the technical details of the construction of the M4, its maintenance and repair, and the logistics required to support it in combat. Whether you are a collector, a modeler, or simply passionate about military history, this book will provide you with an unparalleled insight into the M4. “Period photos, preservation shots, interior details, variant schematics, archival excerpts, armament and ammunition drawings, and more . . . Make it your introduction to this legendary tank family.” —Cybermodeler

Department of Defense appropriations for 1983

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1760 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Department of Defense appropriations for 1983

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Department of Defense appropriations for 1983 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: