I've said it before I'll say it again. YES! The USMC needs a light tank but should wait till the US Army's 50mm cannon enters service to fill the gap!

What does the 120mm cannon bring to the table. EXTREME shock. It can kill tanks and devastate enemy in "most" built up areas. Where does it lack? Stowable kills and is outdistanced by the new/enduring threats on the battlefield. Anti-tank missiles can many times equal or outdistance the 120mm. Drones allow even greater standoff distances. In my mind the new hotness will be the 50mm cannon. Its useful against any current and projected IFV. Even the 25mm has been show capable of destroying threat armor if the crew is skilled. Additionally the 50mm is often paired with anti-tank missiles and if the turret is properly setup it can also serve as an adhoc anti-air weapon.

Lastly by design the turret, whether manned or RWS is gonna be lighter allowing it to fit better with amphibious operations and even aid in land mobility.

All of the above and more is why I think ... YES!  The USMC needs a light tank to support our infantry.  YES!  We should wait for the US Army to field the 50mm cannon in this role.

Oh and before I go on.  I agree with Compass Points on the need but want it going in a different direction.  A reader wants the CV90-120.  I want an up armored CV-90 but armed with the 50mm cannon.  He picked the right vehicle (later dismissed it for cost) but picked the wrong cannon to go on it.
 

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Open Comment Post. 10 Apr 26

If you disagree awesome but tell me why...

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Open Comment Post. 8 Apr 26

That's what you call the art of the deal

Hasan Piker so mad rn pic.twitter.com/g0oNNp6Hxr

— PsyopAnime (@PsyopAnime) April 8, 2026

2 week ceasefire gives time to get the 3rd ID into theater.

Open Comment Post. 7 Apr 26

Financial Education needs to be a REQUIRED course in school (along with NOT chasing luxury items to impress people that don't give a damn)

A freaking G-wagon? Just why! Chic needs a used Honda Accord and suddenly she'll have a surplus. What's worse? She's killing her family with her foolishness. She's a teacher making 90K per year and can't make it work? Don't want her teaching anyone's children! One huge caveat. I'm on the outside looking in so what I said could totally miss the mark. What do ya'll think?

+ Income $7,500.81

- rent $3,581
- utilities $1,200
- gym + personal trainer $251
- groceries $548
- G-wagon $1,548
- hair + nails $500
- gas (husband paid)
- kids (nothing)

Will borrow $124 from a friend.

Art. 👌 pic.twitter.com/qckZNFmNBP

— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) April 6, 2026

Open Comment Post. 6 Apr 26

Sunday Funny. Modern fashion & no one is spared (men's edition)

Moda trend bu kadar çabuk saçma değişmemeli... pic.twitter.com/BLfbS2Wa9j

— Destina Media (@Destinamedya) April 5, 2026

Did we just see the most audacious rescue in ParaRescue history?

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Is the VBCI the most underrated IFV in the west?

Patria AMV

The size difference between Japan's Patria AMV & the older Type-96 is crazy!

 

🇯🇵 Patria AMV and Type-96 pic.twitter.com/uSXHU4jMTl

— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 (@TheDeadDistrict) April 5, 2026

I know armor is increasing so does that explain the size explosion across the board? Almost every IFV/AFV coming online is magnitudes bigger than its predecessor.

Ok Mr President this is a little over the top bro....chill it down a bit sir!

Damn! Our president has his fangs dug into the floorboard and he seems to be getting a hardon for the Iranians. He's sounding like a liquored up Gunny finding out his third marriage is ending cause Jody is undefeated. 

Note:  Everyone is flipping over the light profanity.  That's not the wildest part of this.  The absolute CRAZY, pissing in the mouth of your enemy is the part "Praise be to Allah."  That is the part that is pissing the Iranians off.  To be honest its also giving them a little pause.  The psychological warfare of this thing is huge.

Donald J. Trump Truth Social 04:05.26 08:03 AM EST pic.twitter.com/9NfbSE7VKB

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 5, 2026

Weiss is plunged into the Pentagon/Special Ops. This is what he's being told about the operation

 

Details about the rescue op for the U.S. Weapon Systems Officer, via a U.S. military official:

"The mountain top area on the left is where the WSO was hiding (he ejected 5ish miles northwest of there). The right area is the makeshift landing strip where they landed 2 C-130s… pic.twitter.com/iYJkzd5eTP

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) April 5, 2026

How should we handle "citizen" journalism?

 Got burned and not for the first time last night.

Social media blew up with reports that the IRGC had captured our guy.  Like a fucking idiot I fell for it and post a rage post.  

Little while later reports from some dudes connected with the Special Ops community and a few mouth pieces for the administration (both sides have those) came out saying we had recovered our guy.

This is a tough one for me.

On one hand we have carefully curated info passed onto us from every govt on the planet.  To say that info is many times incomplete (at best) is being too kind.

On the other hand we see citizen journalist with a definite political lean (myself included) that either knowingly, meaning they're acting on behalf of their political masters to get the news out that conforms  with their beliefs/agenda or unknowingly, meaning they believe a certain thing and will pass along news that agree with their beliefs.

How do you deal with this trickiness?

I think you post what hits, if you find out its not true correct it and then move on. What do you guys think?

My belief is that raw unsanitized news is important.  You got a better way then tell me.

Aftermath of the rescue op...stuck C-130s at a makeshift airfield that were destroyed since they couldn't be removed

🇺🇸🇮🇷 In Iran, at the location where U.S. forces established a makeshift airstrip to carry out the evacuation of American Special Operations forces and the recovered pilot, two C-130 transport aircraft that had landed became stuck in the sand.
As a result, U.S. forces destroyed… pic.twitter.com/wdn1FZJOXL

— Visioner (@visionergeo) April 5, 2026

Two stuck C-130's at a makeshift airfield? Tell me the Rangers were there without saying it out loud. Wonder who else went. Delta/ST-6? One of those outfits most definitely. MARSOC? Not sure at all. Maybe if the fight got big enough (which is why I want a good definition of a "big" firefight..especially for these groups). The outlier for me are the Air Force units. Red Horse dudes aren't considered Special Ops but this is supposed to be their thing. Air Force Security Forces to guard the airfield? Maybe but I doubt it. They'd just use what's left of the Special Ops dudes to do that. Combat Controllers were certainly there. Air Force Special Recon? I think so.  Combat Weather?  Only if they needed more shooters and they're Special Ops qualified.

They've come a long way from the disaster in the desert so many many years ago.

Well done.

But I still want details!

Open Comment Post. 5 Apr 26

How do you define a "heavy" firefight?

BREAKING: 🔴

The second crew member from the downed F-15E has been recovered after a “heavy firefight,” a U.S. government official told Al Jazeera. pic.twitter.com/Zp5nDW7f8v

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 5, 2026

A modern day squad can put down some impressive fire. At what point does it become a "heavy" firefight. Asking cause I REALLY DON'T KNOW!

Now reports are that he made it out and we have our guy. Citizen journalism is far from perfect. Waiting for the "legacy" media to confirm

 

BREAKING - Iranian state-affiliated channels are now confirming mass casualties in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran, as American and allied forces engage insurgents while attempting to reach the downed F-15 crew member. pic.twitter.com/RdbVymGyaS

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) April 5, 2026

BREAKING - The second downed U.S. pilot has been located in Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, as civilians and security forces attempt to capture him, with some reports stating he has already been successfully recovered alive. pic.twitter.com/ROa9QiDkug

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) April 5, 2026