[historian1944]

And these vehicles are not currently replacing M113s and tanks in Iraq when they arrive, either. We're talking about a force of around 3000 soldiers, intermixed with the rest of the 160,000. There are currently plans for 6 Stryker brigades. That is not nearly a large enough force to convert the entire army to Stryker brigades.

Future Combat System (which will probably be wheeled also-not my choice) is the expected replacement for the legacy force, sometime (the yardstick keeps moving, it may be slipping backward) around 2010, which will mean that the Abrams will be somewhere around 30 years old at the time (with block improvements, of course.) The whizbang technology that FCS is counting on is probably not going to be around, so expect to see Abrams and Bradleys prowling around battlefields for at least the next 20 years or so. This is not the end of the tracked vehicle on the battefield, and the Stryker (if used properly) can provide a useful capability for the Army.

[archy]

And these vehicles are not currently replacing M113s and tanks in Iraq when they arrive, either. We're talking about a force of around 3000 soldiers, intermixed with the rest of the 160,000. There are currently plans for 6 Stryker brigades. That is not nearly a large enough force to convert the entire army to Stryker brigades.

Sounds like the promise that the 82nd Airborne would get their M551 Sheridans replaced with the M8 Ridgeway/Buford Antitank Gun System when their obsolete M551s were withdrawn. Instead they got TOW Hummers, and when it comes down to having to stop tanks with 'em, it'll go badly for their families back home.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Shinseki is on record as saying that he would like to get rid of ALL the tracked vehicles that the Army has.