It was armed with the technically advanced but troublesome M81/M81 Modified/M81E1 152 mm gun/launcher, which fired both conventional ammunition and the MGM-51 Shillelagh guided anti-tank missile. The M551 Sheridan entered service with the United States Army in 1967.

Dec 10, 2022 · Among other enhancements—including reactive armor, an uprated engine and a new fire-control system—the M-55S has a stabilized, British-made L7 105-millimeter main gun in place of the original...

Nov 16, 2022 · This is effectively tissue paper for modern main battle tanks and anti-tank weapons, but the M-55S received upgraded protection through the addition of Israeli-designed explosive reactive armour (ERA).

Aug 17, 2023 · Equipping a small-ish battalion, the M-55Ss fight alongside T-72s equipping the 67th Mechanized’s full-size tank battalion. The evidence slowly piled up. On July 12, Alina Mykhailova, a medical...

Jul 17, 2023 · A Danish-Dutch-German consortium is restoring at least 135 of the four-person, 40-ton tanks for transfer to Ukraine starting later this year. The Leopard 1A5 is thinly protected.

Nov 16, 2012 · The M-55 S tank is a combat tracked vehicle characterized by reactive armour and powerful armament intended to destroy the adversary’s live force, armoured and other combat vehicles,...

Dec 11, 2022 · The Ukrainian army is preparing to roll out its upgraded ex-Slovenian M-55S tanks on the battlefield. A video that appeared online depicts a four-person M-55S crew training on the vehicle...

Slovenia announced it would send 28 M-55S tanks to Ukraine. The M-55S is a heavily modified version of the T-55, but it's age is deceiving.

Oct 30, 2022 · Slovenia promised Ukraine 28 М-55S tanks in exchange for equipment from Germany. The Slovenian military will receive 35 heavy 8×8 trucks and five heavy 8×8 water tanks. An exchange agreement between Prime Minister Robert Golob and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was signed in September.

Sep 19, 2022 · Ukraine will receive retrofitted Т-55 tanks from Slovenia, designated M-55S. The Slovenian government announced that 28 tanks of this type will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.