So the Abrams is our M26 and the Booker is our Sherman tank…kinda.
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So the Abrams is our M26 and the Booker is our Sherman tank…kinda.
Kind of…not exactly.
M10 “Booker” is for Airborne and Light Infanty forces. Abrams is for heavy mechanized so the unit structure is different. While these tanks might get cross-attached and traded in the future, I kind of doubt that as the armor protection levels are so vastly different.
I can see Abrams being lended to the Airborne and Light Infantry than “Booker” being lended to the Army’s heavy mechanized armor formations, but this is all hypothetical. M10 “Booker” can cross civilian bridges whereas Abrams is too heavy…so who knows…maybe M10s will indeed work with M2/M3 Bradleys so I just contradicted myself. 
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I am thinking M10 works with M2’s with some M1 support.
They keep talking cheaper/ lighter/ less logistics so to walk the walk, more M10’s tossed in with infantry.
Not how they are intended nor how they are supposed to be fielded. As Trisaw points out…
The M10 Booker is intended to replace the long-gone Sheridan for Airborne forces and the Stryker MGS for Stryker/Light forces. The Abrams will still be the Heavy/Mech tank, along w/Brads being the Mech Infantry vehicle for heavy forces. We’ll see how it ends up being used.
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My thought go back to logistics. Weight, fuel shipping, bridges etc…This would seem to be important. If the only advantage the Abrams has is armor and a 120mm. The drone thing could reduce the advantages of vertical armor making the Abrams in the same vulnerability league, but a lot heavier. The M1E3 concept is lighter but we are many years away from fielding that. What I see is an interim stopgap vehicle. With a 1000 Bookers you could supply the Air borne, Marines, light infantry divisions and the Calvery. The M1’s would be mostly for armored and heavy infantry divisions.
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Looks like a FV101 on Steroids.
[Chieftain on the XM10] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPmpidUbWo)
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@Gary_Kato Nice video.
A lot about the MPF is Classified such as the number of rounds, armor package and protection, and firing performance capabilities.
The side egress doors are interesting. The tank infantry phone is “a must.”
I can see the US Marines needing this if they ever want to go back to fielding some form of tracked “tank”—or MPF.
I am somewhat surprised that the M10 “Booker” doesn’t have a LP-CROWS II .50cal RWS and some form of active protection. .50cal pintle mount seems good for support AFVs, but not frontline combat MPF. CAD images show a MPF Boomerang anti-sniper microphone stalk and “Iron Fist” APS with RADA radars, but that’s just graphical images.
The M1A2SEP shows how and why the USMC M1A1s are getting so outdated that lead to the divestment by the Marine Corps. The Lt. Colonel in “The Chieftain XM10” video hints that the M10 “Booker” has a laser warning receivers (LWR) if someone shines an IR light at the M10 although I see no LWRs visible around the turret except for video cameras. The M1A2SEPv3 doesn’t even have laser warning receivers…the SEPv4 does.
However, the AbramsX Tech Demonstrator “dislodges” all notions to the M1A2SEPs with a RWS turret, crew in hull, autoloader, four loitering munitions, and 30mm rooftop gun. Any loitering munition or drone will hit an unoccupied turret like the Russian T-14 “Armata.”
It’s Chobham and depleted uranium armor that makes the M1 Abrams so heavy. Chobham armor sandwich is rumored to be so effective that HEAT rounds cannot penetrate at normal engagement ranges on the M1’s frontal arc. But Chobham cannot be rolled…it is armored slabs…so gone are the rounded M48 and M60 steel cast turrets. The exact makeup of Chobham armor is a closely guarded secret and every M1 has Chobham, even the ones sent to Ukraine.
If the turret is damaged the vehicle is more than likely dead lined so a drone strike has the opportunity to sideline the tank regardless of the crew.
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From Magic Factory FB:
Last week we have presented our first test shot of M10 BOOKER (Pre production) in Shanghai Summer Scale Model Open Contest.
We are sure it will be release very soon with another ‘U.S combat vehicle’ together, keep follow the M10 and dont forget the following NEWS of our U.S vehicle.
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Okay how am I gonna sneak this one into the house?
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“See honey? This is a light tank. Not a full size one with all the stuff. So it’s much cheaper and uses a lot less space. I’m trying to model smart these days, spend less money etc, as you know.”
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Excellent logic Chris!
I’m sure my wife won’t go for it….,lol
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Neither will mine but its the game we play… 
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My garage is built into my house (we have a 4 bedroom colonial) and the garage door leads right into the basement where the stash is. So if I check out how much it’s going for at Scalehobbyist with shipping, give the cash to a club mate, he buys it, then gives it to me at a build day, I can smuggle it into the stash easy.
I also have a trade deal going with Ryan @Tank_1812 that I let him know what kit I want, send him the money, and trade him old kit for new right in front of SWMBO.
I have not tried either yet but confidence is high on both plans.
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its like Chicago sang… You’re My Inspiration. 
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Oh what a tangled web we weave…
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…when first we venture to achieve!
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Not exactly the ending I had in mind. LOL.
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The buildup model looks great although I wonder if all parts are glued on. The .50cal M2BH heavy machine gun seems missing.
I also wonder why the M10 is sloping down forward as if the model has adjustable suspension.
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