This is a model. The real one was at Camp Arifjan last I heard.
I don't know about Anniston; there are some at NWSC Crane. In general, I'd prefer the M2, but the M9 link of the M85 guns might at least be usable in this particular circumstance, at least as a short-term *quick fix*.
A twin M85 mount would be pretty neat. Is there such a thing already?
There was for the old M114 tracked recon vehicle, circa the late 1960s, though those mogas-engined [Chrysler Hemi!] vehicles were replaced by Diesel M113A1s instead. But when the 20mm M139 cannon of the M114A1E1 had developmental problems, a intirim M2 .50 replacement was used, and a plan to use the M85 waqs submitted so that the tankers and forward scouts could interchange and cross-level linked HMG ammunition. The M114 remote gun mount, built for the weight of a 20mm gun, was very adaptable to a pair of M85s, since those guns were designed to feed from either side, and it was found that a third gun and ammo could also be fitted, bettering the firepower of the WWII/Korea era M16/M55 quad fifty, since the three M85s could be set on the 1000 rpm per gun high rate. In practice, it was found better to run two of the guns at high rate for maximum firepower, with the third set on slow rate and used as a backup when the first two ran empty and needed to be reloaded.
If they can't get the RWS right, they need to sh*tcan it and mount ACAV tubs and gunshields.
Can't- at least not that easily- too heavy, considering the slat armor already kicking the weight near 23 tons, plus the weight of a squad and their gear at another ton. The addition of a ton and a half [IIRC] of the M2 and M60 gun shields of the M113 ACAVs would be popping Stryker axles like matchsticks, 2800 pounds over a standard M113, and raising a Stryker's weight to 25 tons, 10 tons over what the axles are rated for- they're standard off-the-shelf commercial truck units.
Did you ever see the Alabama Slammer?
I get down to Anniston every now and again. And Huntsville, sometimes, too....
There's a fun little antiambush device being cooked up in those circles.
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This is a model. The real one was at Camp Arifjan last I heard.