TYPE: INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE
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REMARKS
A modification of the successful Bantam
IFV, replacing its low pressure gun with
a rapid-fire 23mm autocannon. All other
vehicle systems, including its ATGMs and
smoke launchers, remain the same. While
formally accepted into service, it has not
replaced the standard Bantam and remains
less common. Preferred by some commanders, especially those of independent
infantry or dragoon formations.
While it lacks the firepower of the low pressure gun, the 2A34 autocannon reaches
substantially farther and can effectively
target helicopters as well as ground troops.
It permits the Bantam-MK to support its
dismounted infantry outside the range of
most non-guided man-portable weapons.
While powerful enough to destroy light
vehicles, however, it is not effective against
tanks head-on.
FEDERAL STATES-ARMY - DREKFORT M.D.C.
TYPE 68B “BANTAM-MK”
INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE
6G2 7.76mm MG
2A34 23mm Autocannon
9GR1 125mm ATGM
902V 81mm Smoke Launchers
THE FEDERALS are not good infantrymen. They are good shots and brave but they are men and not wolves. Their stomach is not in the attack on foot or the encirclement. The bayonets stay folded,
the knives in their scabbards. But they beat us. They ride to battle on churning treads. They sit and shoot from a firing-port. They breathe air at positive pressure without poison or hateful silver. When our field guns shake the earth they are shielded from the shell splinters’ bite by steel armor. When the whistle blasts and the ramp drops they are fresh and the work is already half-done for them. We march on foot. When there are armored carriers we are kenneled inside and on the roofs for want of space. The fuel runs out and we are thrown off to make our own way. We discard our dear possessions and take up the double-quick and it is not enough. By the time we huddle in our new post the enemy has already broken through and we are exhausted in body and mind. The Federals need not be good infantrymen. They are present and fresh and that is better by far.
- Conchar Goronwy, Chasseur, 96e Division d’Infanterie
