Anyone read this story? Kind of sounds like the airborne equivalent of the Bradley

I hope for the troops' sake that the article is overly dramatic, but the lack of a forward firing heavy gun does seem like a problem... as does the survivability. (and I also though the statement that more than 30% of the harrier fleet had crashed was surprising... but that's since 1971, and the number of total harriers isn't given.)
Be a cool looking piece of diecast kit I would think though (Osprey).