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From: v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)
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Subject: Re: Sheridans
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.015856.20385@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 14 Mar 91 01:58:56 GMT
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)

In article <1991Mar8.024137.11028@cbnews.att.com>, griffenj%db1_pdx@ncube.com (Jeff Griffen) writes...
>Can anybody (authoritatively) enlighten me as to how the Marines are
>using these operationally?


I haven't heard anything about anyone other that the 82nd Airborne using them,
but anyway...

The 82nd uses it because it is the only tank that can be dropped from a trans-
port plane.  It's a great vehical as long as it doesn't get hit.  Many of the
problems it had during Vietnam have supposedly been fixed by now.





				Paul "Joe Friday" Stacy