The Famous Misadventures of the Sheridan Light Tank

April 25, 2021 Topic: History Region: Americas Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: U.S. ArmyTanksArtilleryDefenseTechnologySheridan Tank

The Famous Misadventures of the 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. This first appeared in 2017 and is being reposted due to reader interest.

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