M736 Badger ARV

Summary
The M736 Badger Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle is an armored scout car built based somewhat on the design structure of the M12 Warthog. It's main purpose is to act as armored reconnaissance but can also be used as infantry support, especially in urban combat. It should be noted that the Badger is not a variant of the Warthog but a different vehicle to fulfill a similar purpose more effectively. The Badger is significantly more armored than the Warthog and boasts greater fire power, at the expense of speed. Its windshields are changed to a much more slanted form and changed to be bullet resistant and it features conventional doors that are armored and also have bullet resistant windows. Electric reactive armor can be seen on most of the vehicle The Badger also has a V-hull underbelly for protection against roadside bombs and landmines. For weapons, it features an M106 30mm auto-cannon and a M739 SAW as it's co-axial machine gun, both of which are attached to the top of the vehicle where ladders on both sides of the vehicle are located in order to climb up for maintenance of the guns. 
Origins
The Badger was brought into service 16 years into the Insurrection in response to increasing casualties due to road side bombs and the inadequate protection of troops in the Warthog especially in urban combat and on recon missions in which the Warthog was especially vulnerable. The idea of an armored scout vehicle was questionable especially for the Marine Corp who's military doctrine was the idea of speed and mobility. However with the introduction of the vehicle, opinions of the Badger became much more favorable amongst average marines due to its increased protection of the crew inside, its firepower, and its speed although being significantly slower than the Warthog, still being enough to suffice.
Development History
The plans for the Badger were originally discussed in 2498 as a joint operation by both Misriah Armory and AMG Transport Dynamics under the request of a vehicle better suited to the environments the Marine Corp and Army were finding themselves in during the Insurrection, originally requesting for an AFV of sorts. However as time went the specifications of the request changed to something much lighter and faster than what had previously been discussed. With the challenge in mind they recruited Jonathan Miller to lead the creation of the design. The original design created in 2500 was a bigger design that fit the design more so of an AFV, with a 50mm auto-cannon and room to transport a few troops in the back, however this design was rejected and Jonathan was told to have a lighter and faster design. This lead Jonathon to the design scheme of the Warthog, he noted the weaknesses and the strengths of the Warthog, he understood the main strength of the Warthog was speed, while the main weakness was the vulnerability of the crew inside. With this information he decided to build upon the design of the Warthog but change many key aspects to improve survivability of the crew without adding too much weight, this lead Jonathon to take inspiration from much older design philosophies used during wars that were very effective at making a vehicle durable, such as electric reactive armor, smoke grenades, and a V-Hull, this along with the extra titanium and kevlar armor as well as bullet resistant glass provided greatly increased the armor of the original Warthog design while also not increasing its weight to a point that would slow down the vehicle too much. This design just came with an automated 50.cal machine gun, it was because of this that the second design was rejected in 2502 with the request of more firepower. In response to this a cannon was designed with combined the M106 30mm auto-cannon and the M739 SAW and attached to the top of the Badger. This design was approve by the Army and Marines. It was later tested in 2503 which showed its weaknesses and strengths. In 2504 there were talks on the official role the Badger would play and whether or not the Badger would replace the Warthog completely, however at the end of testing it was clear that this would not be the case due to 3 main issues its cost, its lack of modularity in the weapons that could be attached (without a great deal of maintenance to switch the gun out), and it complexity making it more difficult than the Warthog to repair and keep maintenance. Despite the weaknesses of the Badger it was still approved as an Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle and was scheduled for full production 2505. In 2506 it hit its full production with the majority of Badgers being sold to the Marines and some being sold to the Army and various Law Enforcement agencies.