I had the 2nd Battalion, 73rd Armored Regiment deployed with Sheridans (one company air dropped in the initial deployment) with the rest of their Sheridans lost in the convoy that was bringing them. They got both M8's and M48's as replacements due to the fact that there were shipments going to China and the Turks that were grabbed for the unit to replace the Sheridans.
i.e. "Twenty four M8 Buford light tanks, originally bound for China, and ten M48A5 tanks being sent to Turkey as replacements were reassigned to the battalion and arrived on the second convoy in May of 1998. "
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