[Cannoneer No. 4]

Read Men In Black for a a first hand account of mounted combat in a Stryker.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

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[Condor51]

This Stryker Boondoggle is finally starting to become public.

There's an article today from the GAO that states that at current 38,000# combat weight they CAN'T be deployed by our C-130's as they where originally intended. It now takes TWO C-130's to deploy, one with a bare-bones Stryker, the second with all the armor and gear. And the Stryker 'gun platform' version - furgetaboutit! Absolutely TOO HEAVY.

Thank YOU Gen Shinseki -- you klintoon suck-up maggot!

[Valin]

Thanks for the link. Bloggers RULE!

[VOA]

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[Grzegorz 246]

Stryker armored vehicles are useful, but I think that they should be only complement of heavy units with M1 and M2.

I'm not sure If It's a good idea to create brigades all equipped only in light vehicles.

[PsyOp]

It was thought that the Strykers would be very vulnerable to RPGs, but only two vehicles have been lost that way so far.

Forgive me for pointing something out, but isn't this "survivablitliy" due to the anti-rpg cages that were welded on after all the criticism? It seems to me that anything, even a truck is going to be able to survive RPG's with this rig. If it works, that's great, but it also negates the rapid deployability that was supposed to be one of the Strykers big selling points.

Any word on manueverability restrictions these cages might impose on the vehicles operating in the city?

[Cannoneer No. 4]

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