Here’s some info to start on these vehicles.
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Fast Attack Vehicle/Desert Patrol Vehicle and its successor Light Strike Vehicle (the armed dune buggy)
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These vehicles are lightly modified commercial dune buggies acquired for special operations forces. They have a rear mounted engine with a driver and crew member seated side by side. A third crew member is in a raised seat above the engine. Some models feature a fourth seat. Typical armament is a .50 caliber machine gun operated by the raised crew member along with a medium or light machine gun operated by the front crew member. Some models also feature a rear facing machine gun and a swiveling seat for the raised crew member. Any of these machine guns can be replaced by an automatic 40mm grenade launcher. The raised crew member’s position can be replaced by a heavier weapon: commonly a TOW missile launcher or rarely a 30mm cannon.
See the link to Chainlink and Concrete I posted upthread.
The M270 is a standardized tracked chassis with a large elevating rocket launcher mounted on the back. It carries 12 rockets which are loaded on two cartridges. Reloading is accomplished by a specialized reloading vehicle which removes an entire cartridge and replaces it with a fresh cartridge.
The original munition developed for the MLRS spread 644 hand-grenade size bomblets over the target area. Alternate missiles include guided high explosive warheads, a guided version of the original cluster munition, and rockets that scatter mines. Experimental versions have included binary chemical agent warheads and missiles that scatter smart submunitions.
The MLRS can also fire the MIM-140 ATACMS, a single large missile that occupies an entire reload cartridge. Warheads for this missile include a cluster bomb that carries 950 submunitions and a 500 lb guided high explosive. An experimental version scattering smart munitions was not adopted.
The HIMARS is a standard 6x6 truck carrying a single reload cartridge developed for the MLRS. Therefore it can carry six small rockets or one large ATACMS.
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and the whole family of 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, and 10x10 LAVs (the largest of which can mount 120mm tank guns).
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The Swiss Mowag Piranha has been widely fielded in its 8x8 version. It features quick attaching modular armor. Versions exist to act as an APC, IFV, ambulance, command vehicle, guided missile carrier, mortar carrier, etc. APC and IFV version typically carry a 25mm autocannon in a turret, though 30 and 35mm autocannon have been mounted by some countries. Versions mounting a 90mm gun are common. 105mm and 120mm gun versions are also available. Older guns would be “low pressure” guns firing at a lower velocity to reduce recoil, but newer developments have allowed high pressure 105 and 120mm Guns firing NATO standard ammunition.
An 8x8 version is in service with the USMC, called the LAV-25. It features amphibious capability in calm water with two propellers. It mounts a 25mm autocannon along with a coaxial machine gun.
To do: AAV7, M109
MLRS
40 mph top speed
400 mile driving range
27.5 tons
Cab only is armored to withstand small arms and artillery fragments. Does that include .50 caliber AP?
Not NBC protected
HIMARS
Armor: “light”
Truck chassis: Medium tactical vehicle
M109
40 mph top speed
214 miles driving range
31 tons
Armor: no citations yet, but based on weight, not much
NBC protected
Fully enclosed self-propelled 155mm artillery. 360 rotating turret. From some version forward, crew can perform all necessary functions without leaving vehicle or needing outside technical assistance: receive orders, calculate firing solution, unlock gun from travel lock. Initial version had short gun; longer gun and improved projectiles have increased range. Rocket assisted projectiles, gps-guided missile