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We were training with the infantry one night. We had them hide in the tree line. Then we invited the leaders over to our tanks and showed them our sights. Their faces went blank when we were able to show all of the troops in the tree line with no moon light.

The A5's were great. The low-profile cupola was a game changer. Originally the A5's with the low profile were supposed to have M60D's but they changed that and attached a M2 mount for us like the one on the M113’s. The loader had the M60D though. The M68 105mm was the same gun as the M60s. When...

I used them in M113's and M48A5's in Korea. I used the M85 on the M60 series tank which had fixed HS&T. Never had a M2 quit except when it ran out of BB's. The M85 was always getting jamed up and a pain to load/reload. I wish they could have mounted the M2 on the M60s.

That is one of my favorite exhibits at the Pima Air Museum, the B-36 is another one I like to see. I have been there twice, and each time stood in awe of these magnificent beast. I would encourage anyone that gets the chance to plan at least a day there.

I served with the Second Squadron, 2nd Armored Cav during the late 70's. Part of our duty was to patrol the Hof & Coburg sector of the East/West German Border. I was even able to reenlist on the border. A lot of good memories and some not so great. But is was great to have an actual mission.