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Originally Posted by wilconqr
Reminds me of the M-551 Sheridan (dressed to look like Soviet made vehicles)used at the N.T.C. in California. PzJgr, do they still use those?
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In the early 1980s the M551A1 was fitted with a visual modification kit to resemble Warsaw Pact vehicles at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin California. These modified vehicles no longer fulfill that role having been retired at the end of 2003 and subsequently scrapped or made available as "hard targets" or, in a few cases, as museum pieces. Many were dumped to create artificial reefs.