LAV-75; Stingray; M8 AGS

[Raellus]

Mo, as to using the TW-90 gun, it's not a bad weapon, but IMO I think it's still a little too underpowered to go up against the ubiquitous T-72 found nearly all over the world and I think the army really wanted to go with a crewless turret/autoloader to keep crew size/turret size down.

I've made my decision.

If they can fit a 105mm gun to the LAV-25/Stryker chasis (thanks for the pic, Cdnwolf), I'm reasonably sure that they can fit the same type of gun/turret to the M113 chasis.

So, in my T2K world, the LAV-75 has a 105mm gun. It looks just like the LAV-75 in the v1.0 U.S. Army Vehicle Guide except for the turret. The Army keeps the 75 designation due to inane bureucratic considerations.

That means no gumming up Bradley production by also trying to manufacture significant numbers of the M8 AGS and it maintains my prefered v1.0 timeline.

The Stingray is still around as per the USAVG. No M8 AGS in my T2K U.