Tiamat
I've seen the future...
The one and the same. You would be surprised by how many people believe his brand of bullshit. The F-16 originally didn't have a radar thanks to Sparky and friends (the F-16 would quickly get a radar after the initial production run but only after the 'Reformists' went onto other things). He and his 'reformists' had a lot of fingers in a lot of pies, and the internet only exacerbated the situation.
In DIVAD, this bunch of idiots literally had a Vigilante (i.e. the weapon system that literally shook its mobility chassis apart just by firing) rechambered for 35mm ammunition slapped onto an M48 as their entry to the program. With practically no electronics.
Hell, it is thanks to Sparky and friends that some foreign games (one example of which is the game Warfare (aka the predecessor to the game Syrian Warfare), which had the M113 and variants being around well after the Stryker replaced the majority of the M113s) have the US still use the M113 as a frontline APC well into the 2000s...
All I can say to that is in this fic Sparky's prized little M113 is gonna get retired quick. WW3 cements the "Gavin" (giggle, snort) as a flaming deathtrap. Bradley's and LAV's RULE!