Over in
the recent LAV-25 thread,
cawest and
StainlessSteelCynic had some thoughts about field-expedient AFV modifications. In the spirit of technicals writ large, what are your most implausible turret transplants or other AFV hacks that might have arisen in the Twilight: 2000 universe?
For me, I've got a few:
From published canon, it's the M691 Diana (
American Combat Vehicle Handbook, p. 72). Visually, it's the epitome of the musclebound dude with the tiny head stereotype. But it's also a waste of a perfectly good Abrams chassis. I mean, why put an ADA turret on that when you can put an M1 turret on it and have another M1?
Also from canon, there's a throwaway line in the Stingray's description (
American Combat Vehicle Handbook, p. 41) about its turret being transplantable to the wheeled Cadillac Gage Commando models. Well, it
might work - consider the AMX-10-RC - but sticking a light tank turret on top of an M706 seems a lot like
putting a 75mm recoilless rifle on a Vespa.
For homebrew factory modifications, I'll submit
my old Louisville Slugger from 2011's
US Army AAA in T2k thread. Because nothing screams "ridiculous" like a CIWS jutting up from a Bradley chassis, swiveling around in full autonomous mode, and terrorizing everyone who's seen
The Terminator.
- C.