Certainly, the KFS seems an example of overkill. Not least of all that when one thinks about the Project; they're not exactly Green Beret Ninjas with state of the art killing machines bursting out of the ground to wreak havoc. Rather they're small groups of semi-trained, well-intentioned volunteers with some modern equipment.
The idea that the KFS would orient most of their military, industrial complex seems unlikely.
If the KFS is going to provide the level of comfort it's hoping for they will be spending as much effort building tractors and trucks as armoured vehicles.
So a few thoughts,
1 The standard KFS armoured vehicle will probably have the following wishlist.
1 Travel faster than a galloping horse (the fastest thing its likely to be encountering)
2 Be able to cover most terrain including rivers at fording points.
3 Be sufficently armoured to resist musket and possibly heavy rifle fire.
4 Be able to carry its crew and half a dozen or so extra
5 Be able to carry enough water, fuel and other supplies to be able to cover several hundred miles.
6 Have a sufficently heavy weapon to destroy any other light vehicle or damage a building out to a mile or so.
Whilst the V300 meets this requirement so do most lightweight wheeled vehicles, probably even an armoured Humvee would do the trick. No point ending up like Nazis with the worlds best tanks abandoned when they ran out of fuel or threw a track.
Probably the V300s would be there but as described in Fall Back as Tank Hunters for taking on the Morrow Project when needed etc.
Secondly would they really need 105mm artillery? Heavy guns, heavy ammo able to pound the enemy at 10 miles range. When if the enemy cant fire back, it'd be easier to do it from say 2-3 miles with mortars?
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