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1 posted on 01/11/2006 12:13:46 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Maybe, but that "tornado fence" they had to put on the thing still looks silly, even if it did work.


2 posted on 01/11/2006 12:17:18 PM PST by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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Stryker Brigade Combat Team Tactical Studies Group (Chairborne)


3 posted on 01/11/2006 12:17:53 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Wonder what they mean by 'rebuilt'?
"Rebuilt" can mean a bunch of different things depending upon who is asked.
(My old motors section would say 'rebuilt' means taken down to the frame and put back together.)


6 posted on 01/11/2006 12:26:09 PM PST by Darksheare (Beware the waddling Penguin Invaders from Ursa Minor!)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4
Like most new military vehicles, they received a lot of criticism for being too expensive, too fragile, too heavy, too big and unsuited to the task.

I spoke with a returning Stryker Brigade hero last month. He told me of a time when they were rolling thru a city street with buildings on each side. There was an explosion, and the buildings on both sides of them were levelled....and they kept rolling right along. IMHO - they are only too expensive if they don't work.

15 posted on 01/11/2006 1:36:13 PM PST by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

I'm ready for a new tv show on either MTV or the Pentagon Channel:

Pimp my Stryker.

Trick them out, spinning wheels, fancy paint, DVD players etc.


17 posted on 01/11/2006 1:48:16 PM PST by mrmargaritaville
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To: Cannoneer No. 4

Most of the guys who I went to war with, those who stayed in, wanted to stay Stryker. Even the guys who grew up on Bradleys and Tanks.


26 posted on 02/04/2006 12:02:08 AM PST by plustaticman
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