Is Stryker prepared for the task in Iraq?

USA TODAY ^ | 30 Sep 03 | Tom Squitieri

[mark502inf]

Yeah, must have been a locally done modification or an experiment of some kind--no firing ports on production models.

[Darksheare]

Prototype.
Called the XM734.
Knew I'd seen a pic of it somewhere.
My memory isn't as bad as I say it is!

Available at following site:
http://www.jed.simonides.org/fulltrack/mike-number-us/m113_series/xm734/xm734-intro.html

[mark502inf]

Thanks--can you tell what kind of weapons those are in the firing ports? And that guy behind the 50 needs to step on an ammo crate or something! Those pine trees in the background have a kind of Fort Benning look to them.

[Darksheare]

Looks like M14's out the ports, so the pic would be during the 50's and the development phase.
Maybe.
Never been to Benning myself, Fort Sill and Drum are where I've been.
Does remind me of the tall grass at Sill, but Sill is Artillery and an APC would be way out of place there.

There is a second pic of "Variant 2" of the XM734 on the website.
It has two roof mounted MG's, couldn't tell what size off the bat.