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To: Spook86
You have a good point. How much of this statement is truth and how much is the "Stryker Mafia" supporting its cause?

Is Stryker, I would assume still in low production, the answer? How about an up armored USMC LAV. Not nearly as big as the Stryker, but in the standard configurations has more firepower. I don't know their relative armor levels, but the LAV is small enough for city streets and the 25mm cannon is sweet.
51 posted on 04/27/2004 10:35:28 AM PDT by USNBandit
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To: USNBandit
You have a good point. How much of this statement is truth and how much is the "Stryker Mafia" supporting its cause?

Is Stryker, I would assume still in low production, the answer? How about an up armored USMC LAV. Not nearly as big as the Stryker, but in the standard configurations has more firepower. I don't know their relative armor levels, but the LAV is small enough for city streets and the 25mm cannon is sweet.

Stryker is *an* answer for some things; probably the engineer version, maybe the medic version [though it only carries two litter patients- we've got a couple of FReeper medics who may have better viewpoints on that] and possible the new 105mm sp artillery piece. But at 3 million bucks apiece, it's an awfully expensive tripod for a .50 machinegun....

The LAV is a good answer for the Marines, but their vehicles are aging and replacements may be necessary down the road. I think it can be expected that their vehicles will probably need to retain an amphibious capability though, and that pretty well leaces the Stryker out.

65 posted on 04/28/2004 3:02:00 AM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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