Sheridan

## XM551 Sheridan

The XM551 Sheridan.

The **Sheridan** (full name **XM551 Sheridan**) is a Tier X light tank in the USA tech tree. It is preceded by the T92E1.

## Notes

* Largest alpha for any medium and light tank
* Once able to fire ATGMs along with the T92E1
* Has a variant, named the Sheridan Missile

## Strategy

* Hide in a bush and spot the enemy without being seen. Hit them and run to another cover. Repeat.
* Circle around tank destroyers and heavy tanks and keep shooting them until they are destroyed. You will be able to do this as their guns almost always have a slower turret traverse speed than the Sheridan.
* If spotted, try driving as fast as possible to prevent hits from enemy vehicles (or even worse, a derp). Retreat to an area with cover.
* Make use of the spaced armor. Your hull is almost completely covered in spaced armor, so you're mostly invulnerable to HE. You can also bait bounces fairly easily.
* Try to avoid direct engagements. You don't have the reload to come out on top. You can opt for peek-a-boom shots from behind cover.

## Modules

The following is what the vehicle can achieve with 100% crew skills without the use of provisions, equipment, or consumables.

### Modules

#### Turret

 **Turret Armor** | Front: 40 mmSides: 40 mmRear: 15 mm
 **Max AmmoRack Size** | 40 shells

#### Suspension

 **Terrain CrossingCapacity** | Road: 116% Ground: 104%Water: 95%

 Description
 Concealment
 Icon
 Appearance

## Trivia

* The tank was based on the XM551 Pilot No. 1.
* The Sheridan used to be a very controversial tank due to its ability to fire ATGM *(HEAT Missile)* rounds.
	+ In Update 7.5, missiles were removed from both the Sheridan and T92E1 and replaced with HEAT shells. Players who researched the Sheridan before the update received the Sheridan Missile collector tank for free. Unlike the Sheridan, the Sheridan Missile cannot be used in regular or rating battles; only in event modes (not including Skirmish) and training rooms.
	+ Since players are divided about the controversial ATGM feature, the removal of ATGMs from the Sheridan and T92E1 (and the fact that it was replaced with a tank that has been criticized for its uselessness and camo), Update 7.5 is controversial among fans of the feature. As such, it continues the (albiet unintentional) tradition of controversial X.5 updates started by Update 5.5.
* The tank was nerfed, along with the T92E1, in Update 6.8.
* This tank is one of 4 tanks which has or had the ability to fire ATGM rounds, the other two being the unobtainable ***T49 A***, the Sheridan's predecessor, the T92E1 (ATGMs removed in Update 7.5), and the Sheridan Missile.
* The Sidewinder camouflage was named after the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile.
* On the legendary Sidewinder camouflage, there is a detail on the aft rear side of the tank, it labels the tank as "Pilot No. 13". This is a reference to the "Pilot" numbering system used for the 12 pre-production XM551 vehicles. Historically, vehicle No. 13 was the first production Sheridan.
* The 152 mm XM150 gun/launcher was only equipped on the MBT-70 tank, although it can also launch Shillelagh missiles. It was present in it's German counterpart, the KpfPz 70 although it only fired conventional ammunition in-game. The M409A1 US round in-game is incorrect. In real-life, it was a HEAT shell not an APCR. The appropriate APCR shell is the XM578E1, although it is an Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) round.

## Historical Gallery

Here's a production model M551 Sheridan that made it into preservation.The real-life XM551 Sheridan