[Cannoneer No. 4]

Now here we have a proposition that the function of an armored infantry carrier ought to be to be to acquire an RPG gunner from under armor, through vision blocks,

That's your proposition, not mine. My proposition is that an armored fighting vehicle should be dangerous to more than just the people who have to ride in it.

Then, before the gunner can fire, the turret will slew

There is no turret on a Stryker. Didn't all those soldiers you personally talked to tell you that?

[centurion316]

Well done. You have scored two points in a row. I didn't look at Post# 1, and the effects of Jack Daniels led me to a brain dead comment about a turret. Gun slews though, so with that correction, my comment stands.

If you are not operating buttoned up, there is no point in having a remoted operated weapons systems. Am I missing something?

I guess that this debate will go on forever, but I have to tell you that this problem is not very high on my priority list. In the work that I am doing, I hear from units in theater every day. They have long lists of things they really need. The 3d Brigade, 2d ID is not asking for help to fix deficiencies in the Strykers. Analyses of attacks and casualties bears this out, its doing OK. We've got some big problems, but this isn't one of them right now.