M8 Armored Gun System Buford US Light Tank 1:35 | Airdroppable 5083 Aluminium-Armoured Hull, M35 105mm Soft-Recoil Gun & 21-Round Autoloader | American Light Tank Model STL | Tanks & Military Vehicles Collection

M8 Armored Gun System (Buford) — American Light Tank, 1:35 Scale, High-Detail Tracked Model This is the light tank the US Army cancelled in 1996 after it had already been approved for production — and then spent the next twenty-six years trying to buy its way back. It started as FMC's private-venture Close Combat Vehicle Light in 1983, was selected in 1992 over three competing teams as the replacement for the M551 Sheridan and the TOW-armed Humvees of the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored…

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