Recently, the United States Army has entered into a contract for the acquisition of 100 novel tanks. Intriguingly, the entities encompassed within this agreement are no longer referred to as tanks or light tanks. The Army has bestowed upon this fresh equipment a novel appellation: ‘Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicles,’ abbreviated as MPF. The official nomenclature for this military apparatus is M-10, and it has been christened the Booker Mobile Protected Fire Truck, paying homage to the fallen Staff Sergeant Robert D. Booker, who was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. Amongst the conventional army equipment of yore, the tank held an exalted status as the…