#43 Dave

No, not tank retrievers. And this was based on the M-60A1 chassis. M-728 CEV. In Vietnam there was a field modification replacing the coaxial .50 cal. In pictures of the field modification in action in Vietnam, look for a perforated sheet steel barrel shroud, a couple of feet long. And then look at tapes of the raid on Waco.

In checking back, I find that our reference book was wrong on one item. According to what we had, the 728 had been removed from the inventory completely. In fact it still exists, however it was found to have been too slow to keep up with units equipped with the M-1 Abrams, and tended to get deliberately left behind so as not to slow up attacks. Other sources indicate that the BATF got the use of the CEV’s by lying to the army and claiming that they were using them for forced entry into a fortified drug lab complex.

Subotai Bahadur