![]() Later that year, M551s were deployed to units in Europe and South Korea. ![]() Commander, Military Assistance Command Vietnam, at the time, the M551 was rushed into combat service to South Vietnam in January 1969. At the urging of General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. The M551 Sheridan entered service with the United States Army in 1967. It was armed with the technically advanced but troublesome M81/M81 Modified/M81E1 152 mm gun/launcher, which fired both conventional ammunition and the MGM-51 Shillelagh guided anti-tank missile. ![]() It was designed to be landed by parachute and to swim across rivers. The M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV ( Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle) was a light tank developed by the United States and named after General Philip Sheridan, of American Civil War fame. ![]()
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