The roll cage was a good idea. Stiffened up, a flexible mount for guns, or a rest for a light, anti-tank weapon.
The problem remains that the scouts haven’t had a good replacement for the 1/4 ton. The Army remans stuck on stupid thinking that bigger is better. They need to apply what is really needed to the mission of the operator.
Bingo!
I was out at Ft. Lewis when the 9th ID (Motorized) was testing FAVs and up-gunned HMMWVS. They were strapping TOWS on the top of FAVs and wondering why the things wouldn’t stay upright, while mounting 25mm Bushmasters on HMMWVs and thinking it would work.
I remember when The Army was experimenting with loud Kawasaki 250s as scout vehicles, requiring special helmets that would deal with the insane noise and also let them hear. I was on a REFORGER exercise when I saw a Canadian IFV rolling by with a Trek mountain bike strapped to the back.