[Criminal Number 18F]

The "lumbering" M1 is speed-governed to something like 45 MPH -- cross country. disable the governor and it'll hit 70 on a road.

The wretched Stryker is vulnerable to everything on the battlefield bigger than rifle calibre. Heavy small arms can mob-kill it by shredding the tires. It's very vulnerable to mines and IEDs, and it has a huge signature on the battlefield.

But now, Shinseki is going, and the Stryker is vulnerable to common sense. While lightening some heavy units may make sense, so far the Stryker Brigades have been made from light infantry units. This was Shinseki's vision of an all-armored Army.

Strykers are too heavy for low-intensity conflict, like Afghanistan and what remains in Iraq, and too light for high-intensity conflict, like the battles that shredded those couple of Abrams (think any of the crew would be alive if they were in those tin coffins instead of a real tank... hell, no).

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Thunder 6]

"...so far the Stryker Brigades have been made from light infantry units."

Actually, the first Stryker BDE (3d BDE, 2ID) was an Armor BDE when it began the conversion. Small point, but 3/2, and the PA ARNG BDE were/are mechanized. The others (1/25, 2 ACR(L) 172d, and 2/25) are light BDEs.

You are dead on about the speed of an M1A1... ;)

regards,

[thegreatbeast]

It may be hard to take down from the front but that leaves 3 sides vulnerable to attack.
And by the losses we have been taking lately, we may have to notch up the operation in Iraq. Police mode is making us too vulnerable.

[Z10N157]

Why is it governored?