To: jriemer
Here is how it compares to the M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC:
For those of you who believe thinned skinned armor can replace the main battle tank, the Super Stryker interior sports burial coffins for crew fatalites:
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08/31/2003 12:33:26 PM PDT by
RicocheT
To: RicocheT
It is not a vehicle to fight against tanks. It is for fast mobile infantry support. It replaces the M113 which has thin aluminum armor and tracks. I was licensed for an M113 and they are slow and all they do is carry troops and M-60 or 50 cal MG's or mortars. The Stryker can do all that and move faster.
It is also amphibious the M113 was supposed to be but some sank when the bildge pumps could not keep up.
It also sports the turrent and with a high velocity round could take out a tank (??) but it is for fast assualts.
Tanks take on tanks, A-10's kill tanks, CAS (Close Air Support) hunt tanks, infantry with TOWS or LAWS or Dragons hunt tanks. The Stryker is not a death trap anymore than the M113.
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