An up-armored hummer is good, but this is better:
"The tank [Israeli Merkava Mk IV] is capable of carrying eight infantry soldiers, a Command Group or three litter patients (stretcher casualties) in addition to the tank crew of commander, loader, gunner and driver. The tank is capable of firing on the move at moving targets and has demonstrated high hit probability in firing against attack helicopters using conventional anti-tank munitions."
In production, and available for immediate delivery...
Shoot, who needs an APC??? And yes, that is a 120mm smooth-bore canon...perfect for those new-fangled over-sized shotgun shells...
An up-armored hummer is good, but this is better... In production, and available for immediate delivery...
Note that the Merkava 4 or a Russian T-90 with remote 12,7mm weapons station can be obtained for around 3 million each, just about the price General Dynamics gets for each Stryker.
Merkava 4 is just now coming into production [First deliveries to an Israeli tank battalion last month, with operational issue and training courses to new Israeli tank crews later this year.] It looks like between 50-70 will be built per year, for a total of around 400, depending on how many of the Mark 4's features [120mm gun, 5 speed automatic transmission, 1500 HP powerpack] can be retrofitted to the earlier versions, or how many of the earlier ones can be sold to foreign customers for the price of a new Mk 4.