This is the best screen capture that I could get of the General Dynamics MPC.
I didn't even bother to clean it up because it showed everything I needed to see. From the front I'm seeing some design cues from the Piranha III....
Its definitely alot "thicker" in the mid section than the current Piranha's that we see fulfilling the MPC roles for other Marine Corps. It really looks like they combined the Piranha III with the LAV II High Tech Demonstrator and then added a dash of command/ambulance variants to the mix to help them get the right vehicle height to meet the fitting of 95th percentile Marines inside. Everyone overlooks that part of it but in some ways that is one of the tougher requirements. I also wonder what the devices are on the sides of the vehicle. Flotation aids? If so then that indicates trouble right off the bat. I can't wait to learn more.
That thing looks strange. As in wrongly proportioned. As in looks like it'll roll like a bitch.
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