Of course the interesting thing is the v150 is pretty poor as a choice for a couple of reasons. Probably predominantly the lack of NBC gear, surely there wouldn't be an expectation the recon teams would be rolling around perpetually in full NBC gear. Over all it's a primitive design.
I think the purpose of the V150 for the project would be 3 fold.
Get the recon team discreetly to where they're supposed to be.
Be on call for MARS if they need to form a light armoured division.
Get the team away quickly from any threat.
So there's lots of stuff it would need; full NBC seeling including some sort of external airlock and shower, internal chemical toilet, water tank etc.
A system for driving at night, probably just a basic light amplifying periscope to prevent to much eye and head strain from wearing pnvs-5
One advantage that a battery powered vehicle would have is it's quiet, like the current stryker and comparatively cool to thermal imagers at night it could be almost invisible
There's a lot of stuff it wouldn't have. Extensive armaments, or specialized armour,or anything that made it look especially threatening. Or more to the point encouraged the team to roll up in the vehicle and intimidate the locals.
Historically a lot of countries have chosen to arm their recon vehicles as lightly as possible to encourage them not to get into scraps. And from armoured trains, to Tigers and Abrahams tanks no individual armoured vehicle has ever been truly secure from satchel charges, molotov cocktails or even washing bags on the viewing slots.
A final thought is the specialist teams, medical, scientific etc may actually actively choose to avoid armoured combat vehicles. Precisely because they don't want to be drafted by MARS. If they have trucks and hummers they may be of little use to them.
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