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    The Noble (but Doomed) M551 Sheridan in Vietnam

    Correct, no M60 or A1 had the LRF's. It was integral to the A2 and the later A3 came out several years after I ETS'd. I never experienced TTS, only the PVS-1 Starlight Scope in VN.
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    The Noble (but Doomed) M551 Sheridan in Vietnam

    The LRF comments are gratifying to hear. My first Test Project at the Armor & Engineer Board (Ft. Knox) was the add-on Hughes LRF which began in March or April of 1972. Lengthy project on which I fired many rounds. Relatively trouble free & an improvement on the choke reticle if the target was...
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    The Noble (but Doomed) M551 Sheridan in Vietnam

    Thanks, I do have a certain amount of experience on select armor/cavalry/vietnam-cold war topics. The article's author has a great deal of influence in certain communities, which is why I commented, as it's worth of correction. His experience was apparently with the "three quarter" Cav, one of...
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    The Noble (but Doomed) M551 Sheridan in Vietnam

    While I have the greatest respect for Dale Dye, there are a number of significant and misleading comments in his assessment. 1. The 152mm gun/launcher was most definitely not a smoothbore. It was rifled with a keyway cut at the 6 o'clock position that a key on the Shillelagh Missile ventral side...
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