The Curious Case of the U.S. Army's M551 Sheridan Light Tank
The Sheridan's greatest shortcoming in the field lay in survivability, as is usually the case with light tanks.
Sébastien Roblin holds a master’s degree in conflict resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring.
Image: Sheridan tank visually modified to represent an opposing forces tank, T-80, in 1993. Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Army