It was originally intended to be the medium-range portion of a short, medium. Operational Sheridans quite some time before that, and the Shillelaghs well before. The Ford MGM-51 Shillelagh was an anti-tank guided missile designed to be launched from a conventional gun (cannon).
Irwin were deactived and replaced at about the end of 2003. Holloway of Beatty NV for setting me straight on the description of this housing. Even the VISMOD Sheridans used by OPFOR at Ft. 08 MGM-51 Shillelagh Missile Infared Transmitter Housing. Through dozens of archival as well as detailed photographs of some of the finest extant examples of these vehicles, the Sheridan is explored, and its history explained. of the Sheridan is a potent rifled 152mm M81 main gun capable of firing both MGM-51 Shillelagh anti-tank guided missiles and conventional ammunition. Are the modern-day Sheridans still using Shillelagh 75.16.63.238 00:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC) No, both Sheridans and Shillelaghs are out of service. The Sheridan ended its service with the US Army masquerading as Soviet Bloc vehicles at the National Training Center. The vehicles saw extensive use in Vietnam, Operation Just Cause in Panama (where they saw their only combat air drop), and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
The gun launcher was designed to fire the MGM-51 Shillelagh antitank missile, or 152 mm conventional rounds with a combustible cartridge case. The M551 was designed to be a lightweight, amphibious, air-droppable vehicle armed with a massive 152 mm gun that doubled as a rocket launcher. In 1969, at the urging of the US Commander of Military Forces in Vietnam, Creighton Abrams, the tank was put into service and saw its first combat activities. The M551 Sheridan is often referred to as a light tank, but in actuality it was an armored reconnaissance/airborne assault vehicle. The first version of the Sheridan was produced in 1967.