There were Sheridans organic to the ACRs under previous MTOEs as well. The idea that an ACR was an elegantly compact buzzsaw of destruction is kind of created by the M1/Bradley combo, so in a setting where viable light tanks followed on the Sheridan design there may have been a school of thought for the ACRs remaining heavier on the recon side of things than the fighting for information/economy of force role.
Alternately, you could just chalk it up to B/116 being rebuilt after earlier losses in the war (or stripped of their M1s or M60s to cover battlefield losses by other units and rebuilt with lighter tanks).
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