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Old 05-29-2020, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
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It really does appear that the higher-ups in the US Army had no interest in light tanks despite their demonstrated usefulness in WWII in the recce role.
Despite their shortcomings, the entire 82nd mourned the loss of their M551s. We badly needed some kind of armor backup, and the LAV-25 (which they experimented with before Desert Storm) and up-armored HMMWVs (which they experimented during and after Desert Storm) just don't cut it. There was a rise in morale when it looked like the M8 might be put into service, but then the DoD let us down again.

I sometimes wonder what 3/73 is doing these days. Probably tooling around in M1114s...
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