I've studied WW2 Armored Doctrine...a lot. I've always thought that the US TD doctrine got a lot of M4 Sherman Crewmen Killed. IMHO, the only really useful part of the TD force was to replace the largely static towed AT guns. By 1944, viable ATG's were just too big for reasonable handling, and the 100mm D-10 and 125mm Rapira-3 weapons are 2-3 times the size of the WW2 75mm weapons.
However, the idea of independent TD unit, attached to light divisions instead of the traditional ID tank battalion or in addition to it to replace the traditional light TOW AT units would have a lot of merit.
If you could keep the RPG's at a distance and keep what Soviet ATGM's that remain suppressed, the M8/LAV-75/Stingray could have a lot of impact. I bet the infantry sure would like having LCG fire support.
-Dave
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