One plus-side to not having tanks post-Force Design is that the Marine Corps may be more open to novel ways to incorporate UGVs.

I'm thinking the reverse of Seeds of Disaster - the confiscation of German tanks after WW1 allowed them to innovate with regards to the role of armor, while France's 18k infantry support tanks locked them into doctrine where armor was infantry support.

I know this is simplifying Doughty's argument and the realities of French armor doctrine pre-1940, and that the lack of 2-way radio sets is a separate issue, but the point stands.

But the un-manned / autonomous weapons platforms will likely follow the MV-22 in that the CH-46 pilots flew it like a CH-46, but the new pilots flew the 22 to its advantages.

The answer may well be an infantry-support-tank-like UGV, to complete the irony with regards to Seeds of Disaster.