M551 of ‘G’Trp, 2/11th ACR assumes a forward position to advance through an area of heavy bush deemed suspicious in Hau Nghia province.

The daunting firepower of the 152mm gun loaded with canister round and augmented by heavy automatic weapons made the Sheridan especially useful in this role. The main gun is under the control of the TC, whose turret control handle is re-located up in the TC’s cupola for "shooting from the hip", the traditional gunner’s seat is unoccupied.

(D. Kibbey photo)

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