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Stryker

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The Stryker is a family of eight wheeled, all wheel drive, armoured combat vehicles used by the US Army. The Stryker is based on the LAV III light-armoured verhicle which in turn is based on the Mowag Piranha.


Infantry Fighting Variant equipped with the
.50 caliber machine gun

History

Stryker is named in honor of two American servicemen: Robert F. Stryker, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War, and Pfc. Stuart S. Stryker, who received the award for his actions during World War II. Both men were killed in action.

Concept

The Stryker Brigade Combat Team idea is relatively new and based upon the Brigade Combat Team Doctrine. A newer generation of equipment such as the Stryker digitally connected through military C4I networks greatly enhance the overall units lethality and ability to react to hostile forces.


Infantry Fighting Variant equipped with the
MK-19 Automatic Grenade Launcher

Variants

The Stryker chasis is very modular in design to tout increased survivability and supports a wide range of inter-changeable parts to create different variants. The two main chasis are the Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) and the Mobile Gun System (MGS). The MGS is a heavier chasis to support the main weapon system of the A1A2 Ahbrams

The ICV has these configurations:

  • Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Variant (NBC RV)
  • Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
  • Medical Evacuation Variant (MEV)
  • Mortar Carrier (MC)
  • Engineer Squad Variant (ESV)
  • Command Variant (CV)
  • Fire Support Variant (FSV)
  • and the Reconnaissance Variant (RV).

All Strykers share common parts, self recovering abilities, and bullet resistant self inflating (run-flat) tires, along with thier SLAT anit-RPG armour.

Characteristics


Anti-Tank Guided Missle Variant equipped
with the TOW missle and M240b machine gun
  • Role: family of wheeled armoured vehicles
  • Height: ? m
  • Width: ? m
  • Length: ? m
  • Weight
    • Empty: ? kg
  • Armament: M2 .50 cal machine gun, MK19 Automatic grenade launcher, TOW Anti-tank guided missile, M240B machine gun.

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