Wheres the “Male” Tank Version of the Bv206S Ridgway or M113 “Mini-Gavin”?
Assuming we can overcome CTM and get the 101st’s infantry air-mechanized with Bv206S Ridgways or M113 Mini-Gavins with fold-down gunshields and firing ports we now have part of a 3D “thunder run” force that can spray small-arms fire in all directions. What’s missing is the shoot-on-the-move, tank meeting engagement killer and building/bunker blaster–the fatal flaw that doomed the 9th HTTB division in the 1980s/90s. The M8 Buford/Thunderbolt has a stabilized gun with a recoiling mass to achieve 4km+, shoot-on-move accuracy and range with 105mm to 120mm high explosive and armor piercing firepower. The weight of this in a turret is around 5 tons–far too much weight for integration on the as-is Bv206S Ridgway even if it could fit into a CH-47D/F. Cutting the Bv206S infantry carrying volume off to just chassis and mounting an exposed gun has been done before—it was the M56 Scorpion with a 90mm gun and shield that nobody liked because Soldiers could be easily killed by enemy bullets and
