Soviet tanks and missiles

> Well, the US used to have one, the M60A2 ,which fired a Shillaleagh

> ATGMs through more normal-sized guns (115mm and 125mm calibers) which
and
> so did the tendency of the 152mm rounds to break and spill propellant
There was also a big problem with the Shillelagh system. The gun could fire
acurately out to about 600 meters and the missle was inacurate out till about
1000 meters. This left a dead zone of about 400 meters.

I also was talking to a tanker who had been a crewman on the Sheriden tank who
said that if they fired the gun the recoil messed up the optics and caused
problems if they switched back to missles. I assume that this was not a
problem on the Shillelagh system mounted on

the M60 tank (a heavier tank and why add it to the M60 if the problem was
found in Sheriden).

Nope, M60A2's also had the problem, although not quite as frequently. The IR
guidance for the Shillelagh was just VERY finicky.
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