[Vetvoice]

Most of the information in this article is in the public domain but it has never been put together this well. The latest work by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) is featured as well as the latest problems to plague this system in the units sold to New Zealand. There is a constant about the Strykers – wherever they go they screw up.

[Prodigal Son]

But, POGO analysts noted, "The Stryker has already failed to protect soldiers from one of these weapons."

"A Stryker passed over an improvised explosive device planted in a road in Iraq" on Dec. 13, POGO noted in an assessment. "The device detonated, injuring a soldier who barely managed to escape as fire engulfed the engine compartment."

I think it's important to note that no soldiers were killed in that incident.

[sd-joe]

"The Stryker Brigade will bring these capabilities to ...ground forces in Alaska and Hawaii as well."

Ground forces in Hawaii??? How do they stand up to coconuts?

[fourdeuce82d]

"The difference between a Stryker and an M-113 is like the difference between a Yugo and a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost," Garamone wrote. He also said the Stryker handled better than the M-113, was much faster (with a top speed of 60 m.p.h.), had better armor, and could carry more troops

I don't know what to think- on the one hand, "POGO" sounds like a group that would slam any weapon system. On the other, I've read articles claiming that modern '113s are a huge improvement over the original, are lighter, easier to load on a C130, are already in inventory, and can be uparmored to surpass the level of armor on a stryker.

any treadheads want to chime in?

[ChiefKujo]

There have been nine rollovers over here to date. This thing's center of gravity is so high and the track so narrow, that it's an accident waiting to happen. It's a high tech joke and everyone over here (who isn't a brain-washed owner-operator) knows it.

ChiefKujo

[Tribune7]

They saw a 20-ton Stryker bounce in the air and felt the heat and concussion of the explosion more than a football field away. Rushing to the aid of those inside, they were stunned. All jumped out of the Stryker. There was one minor injury. "I thought they were all dead," one soldier told me. "It was a big one [bomb.]" There has been one other similar incident with a Stryker. It didn't catch fire, was repaired and is now back in the war. No one in a Stryker has been killed in combat

[piasa]

POGO is a far-left group that opposes pretty much anything military.

[Liberty Valance]

I like the new MRAP's but I suppose it doesn't have the firepower of the Stryker.