General Dynamics Stryker Video

General Dynamics Stryker Video

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• tank
• stryker
• military

[Weirdologist]

"This vehicle could realisticly replace every other vehicle in our arsenal."

It's not a tracked vehicle, tracked vehicles can go practically anywhere, this can't.

[general1000]

ive seen the MGS version of it firing and moving

[phrankus2009]

@XxLIVRAxX

watch?v=KKZDWhosbIA

[phrankus2009]

@XxLIVRAxX Yeah, well, I am not a military expert and I really cannont quote the casualty statistics, nor have I been orederred to ride around in the Strykers BUT, I do know this: (1) Beats the heck out of a Hummer (even an armored one?) (2) Stryker has a ~350cc engine and can hook down the hyway at ~60mph, caqrrying an entire squad (3) Israel is a small country. No way we could run MBTs all over Afghanistan, where there IS NO FUEL ! No ... Stryker is not perfect but it is an "improvement"

[XxLIVRAxX]

@phrankus2009 An existing and battle proven platforms with improved survivability with 21 century armour protection makes more sense to me....is just a view, but I feel that far to many american soldiers have been killed by the pentagons lack of real strategical thinking and a long series of bad decisions in terms of equipment

[XxLIVRAxX]

@phrankus2009 Having an already existent fleet of M113 Gavin in the US army, why not improve the armour protection and benefit from the advantages of wheeled vehicles instead of investing billions of dollars in developing new platforms that are unsuited for Urban Warfare, the possibility of the US facing a large force of enemy armour are slim, but urban confrontation will become increasingly common, I think they are corporate interest on the way, the industrial military complex lobby pressure,

[XxLIVRAxX]

@phrankus2009 Ive seen the Throphy system and indeed looks promesing against the threat of RPGs, but dos not look as a possible solution to face IEDs, the Israelis have developed heavy APCs using hauls of capture T55 MBT and from then on used the hauls of centurion and Merkava tanks, right now the Namer is the best protected APC in the world and is specifically design to meet the demands of Urban Warfare, the Israelis M113 Gavin have been adapted with an amour package.

[phrankus2009]

@XxLIVRAxX

DARPA's Iron Curtain Active Protection System

watch?v=n_yz_ONZltA

Trophy anti-RPG system

watch?v=YGF7x3TVNCQ

[phrankus2009]

@XxLIVRAxX

Well, Point taken, except for the budget and logistics, for an M1MBT are ENTIRELY prohibitive ...

... Also, NATO+Israel have both come up with CIDS, like "IRON CURTAIN" which go a long way to compensating for a lack of heavy armor ... Israel, INDEED ! I am sure you have seen these videos ? Looks VERY effective.

[XxLIVRAxX]

@phrankus2009 I take your point, but the advantage of mobility and light weight in a conventional scenario are lost facing a non conventional confrontation involving heavy urban fighting, the Stryker proves to be unfit for the task, wheeled vehicles are not capable of supporting the extra armour required to fill the mission paramaters, wich basically means surviving direct hits from RPGs, IEDs etc, you would need a vehicle with MBT armour, the Israelis have a vast experience in this area

[XxLIVRAxX]

@phrankus2009 I take your point, but the advantage of mobility and light weight in a conventional scenario are lost facing a non conventional confrontation involving heavy urban fighting, the Stryker proves to be unfit for the task, wheeled vehicles are not capable of supporting the extra armour required to fill the mission paramaters, wich basically means surviving direct hits from RPGs, IDEs etc, you would need a vehicle with MBT armour, the Israelis have a vast experience in this area

[phrankus2009]

After reviewing footage of IRAQI tank "battles" where the superior sensors and fire-control systems of the M1-Abrams MBT smoked large numbers of lesser mobile armor, with virtually NO friendly casualties ... It makes LOTS of (good) sense to adapt these same sensors and FC systems to a faster/lighter/cheaper mobile platform, such as the Stryker, because speed and agility (and LOWER cost and better fuel efficiency) can be had, in lieu of heavy armor .. Hmm?

~ Especially where roads are present !