When the designers
at the Crowell/Hass Tank Facilities first designed the Kamodo APC and placed
it into production, the DoD swamped them with conversions and concepts
for future Kamodo variants. One of those variants was the Kamodo
ICV, (Infantry Combat Vehicle). The ICV utilized the same chassis
as the standard Kamodo, but a new upper hull and turret was added.
The turret of the ICV mounted a 30mm Octan/Clerg autocannon and a 7.5mm
coax.
The gunner has a
full 360 degree DLV sight with a ballistic gun sight and a Thurmond laser
rangefinder. A limited range IFF sensor dome is mounted to the rear
of the turret. An additional feature of the ICV is the ball mounts,
(2 on each side). The ball mounts house a 5.5mm automatic short weapon
used for laying down suppressive fire in built-up areas. Even though
the Kamodo ICV carries a reduced number of troops, (6 instead the 8 the
Kamodo APC carries), the ability to use the 30mm autocannon more than makes
up for it.
The 141st Motorized Infantry Brigade
changed their TO&E to accommodate the new ICV. One company of
each of 2 Motor battalions replaced all of the Kamodo APC's with the new
ICV. Additionally, each platoon of the remaining companies replaced
2 of the 4 APC's with 2 ICV's. The heavy battalion replaced 1 APC
with 1 ICV in the 1st and 2nd Platoons.
