Not quite what I meant, but good to know.
Was more asking about the Bullet Hounds, and if reducing them would be better for the Hard rating vs the current VH rating.
Antdog-edited
Bullet Hound(TM version)While the Asian Giant Hornet project fell through, the two species we had needed for our primary project were massive successes, beyond our wildest expectations. This project seeks to capitalize on our successes, to make a frontline fighter for our forces, the likes of which the world has never seen. Enter, the Bullet Hound.
The Bullet Hound is a hybrid of our Prime Bullet Ant DNA and our Prime Doberman DNA. Its body structure takes largely from the Doberman, being a large canine of exceptional strength and speed. The body is additionally reinforced with a layer of exoskeleton over the limbs and vitals(including the head) in place of the fur that the Doberman normally has, in addition to the normal canine internal skeleton, greatly boosting it's defense against most attacks. Finally, the normal canine tail has been replaced with a slim ant abdomen, tipped with a stinger. Within the abdomen is also housed a redundant set of vital organs, including the pheromones ants are known for, which the Bullet Hound can easily pick up with the doberman's side of it's senses. As well as the venom sack which can be injected through some of the teeth or the stinger.
All told, the Bullet Hound should prove a terrifying combatant and hunter in our ranks. Trained to be capable of both more direct assaults, as well as ambushes. The goal being to pounce on foes, hopefully knocking their target to the ground if not pinning them, in order to then employ their debilitating bite and/or sting and maul the victim. With its bred-in loyalty and pack instincts from the Doberman side, and the colonial instincts from the ant side, we expect them to be incredibly capable of working in groups and cooperating between different units of Bullet Hounds.
Difficulty now?
Ant abdomen should be fairly flexible in that shape... Though they'd need to be on top of something to sting.
I've also added something to the Bullet Jacket Ant post for research purposes. Given to glide, they need to jump. And they use their legs to help stabilize them too in midair, which is neat.