This entire string is off track. There is a prevailing notion on here that the LAV IIIs bought by New Zealand somehow equal our Strykers. They don't. If anything, the New Zealand Army bought a vehicle with teeth. Not much armor and it will not go cross country but if it ever sees the enemy it can shoot it out with them.
Unlike what was said earlier, our Strykers were not descended from the Piranha III, they are direct descendents of the Piranha IV, a much less reliable vehicle that did not sell in Europe because all of those countries remembered what happened to the Soviets in Afghanistan. They lost 1,350+ pieces of wheeled armor before withdrawing it an bringing in tracked APCs.
Thankfully, the Pentagon has revisited the APC situation and is buying over a hundred of the Textron-built Armored Security Vehicles (ASV) and are buying an armor upgrade kit from United Technilogy made from old Bradley armor that will harden the M113A3s.