In modern times, the average military table of organization and equipment (TO&E) features listings of BattleMech, aerospace fighter, and conventional vehicle forces in the grossest of possible terms, often overlooking the supporting vehicular apparatus beyond the main battle tanks, fighters, and other combat units. While this is hardly news to most people, the fact remains that even a mention of motorized or mechanized conventional infantry tends to overlook the actual means by which many infantry units are indeed mobilized. Often, such troops are comprised of a combination of smaller vehicles-unarmored jeeps and military motorcycles-built not so much for raw speed, but to transport squads of infantry in tight formations on the modern battlefield, or amid the winding streets of an urban maze. These "Infantry Fighting Vehicles", usually mounting a heavy machine gun for anti-infantry work, have been used for over a thousand years and will never fade away as long as men continue to fight.