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M551 Sheridan - Tank Section

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Flames of War - Vietnam - United States - Box Sets & Miscellaneous

3 figures

Last Stocked on 12/29/2012

Product Info

Title
M551 Sheridan - Tank Section
Sub-category
Publish Year
2011
NKG Part #
2147448073
MFG. Part #
BFMVBX05
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

The M551 Sheridan was developed as an amphibious cavalry tank or air-landing tank capable of tackling Soviet tanks. As a result, its main armament was an anti-tank missile launcher that could also fire conventional shells. Getting this complex weapon system to work delayed the introduction of the Sheridan, but it finally reached Vietnam in 1968. Once there, its crews liked its firepower, speed, and ability to cross flooded rice paddies, but missed the thick armor of the much heavier M48 and its ability to smash its way through thick jungle.

The M551 Sheridan was made of light aluminum alloys, like the M113, giving it considerable mobility. It combined this with the punch of a 152mm gun capable of firing ‘beehive’ canister rounds.

Contains:

  • three individually sculpted M551 Sheridan hulls & turrets
  • crew figures
  • decal sheet
  • six rare earth magnets