Never been in Heavy units, but everything that I have read up to this point has pointed to that the M113 was much slower than M1. Then again this could be attributed to people trying to sell their M2 to go along with the M1s in the first place, by claiming the M113 were too slow. How else could they sell an vehicle the cut the dismount portion of an Mechanized Platoon by a third. Other reason why the LAV-25 wasn't approved of, even though the Marine Corps thought they good idea.
Then hearing this, then it gives me some ideas. Take 2 M2s and 2 M113s for Mechanized Platoons of Mechanized Team. While Armor Teams would have 4 M2. Then their the Anti-Armor Company and Scout Platoons that offer so many combinations.
Like I said with the introduction of the M2 into Mechanized Battalions, I can see many of the Echo Companies being dispersed since the M2s in the 4 line companies already have two anti-tank missiles per unit. Yet, if they mix a Mechanized Battalion that had mixed of M2 with either M113 or LAV-25 or something similar to the Stryker, then having the Echo Company would still hang along.
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