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But the Stryker will be deployed IN PLACE OF Bradley units. It won't be a decision wether to send light infantry into the theater, but wether to send a Stryker or a Bradley unit to accompany that light unit. Therefore, the comparison to the Bradley is warranted.

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The Army claims Stryker is a personel carrier, not a fighting vehicle. Still, I betcha when we see that unit patroling in Iraq they won't be foot patrols.

[centurion316]

Last time I checked, the cupboard was pretty bare of heavy units ready to deploy. When Stryker Brigade conversion is complete, the net result will be an Army that is heavier, more mobile (once deployed), and that possesses more firepower than before.

Comparisons are best done within the same class of vehicle and within the same doctrinal concept of employment. For example: M1A1 tank with Challeger; Saxon with Stryker; M2 Bradley with Warrior IFV. You get the picture.