[Proud Legions]

No, no , no....the Stryker vehicles are replacing light forces with medium forces. Again, the question is not if it is better than a tank, but is it better than a guy on foot or in a truck.

Of the 5 active duty brigades transforming to Styrker Bdes, three were light (as in move by jumping out of planes or by truck), and the other was the 2nd Cav Regt, which has been in Hummers for a decade now.

The second question is the vehicle the best we could do. Many of us say it was a good interim quick shot at it given very constrained time schedules. Others say we could have done better and need to look at other interim vehicles. All of us know that the Army is lookig at a totally new vehilce for the long term (called the Future Combat System), that has never been invisioned as an unpgraded Stryker or an Upgraded M113.

[Cacophonous]

You are correct sir. Does that mean the 1/32 Armor and 1/33 Armor still have their tanks? If I correctly recall, the last TOE I saw for the Stryker Brigade itself had no tanks...Of course, I could be wrong or simply not have the most current info.

I know the move is toward intermediate forces. The real key is how the whole doctrine shakes out; I know the folks at Knox envision light tanks - a la the BFV - and the folks at Benning envision beefed up HMMWVs. Although if they can't figure out how to strap the 155 to it without knocking it over, it's kind of a moot point, I guess.