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The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III, itself derived from the Swiss Mowag Piranha. [8] Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems -Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario. It has four-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all ...
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle ( AMPV) is a U.S. Army program to replace the M113 armored personnel carrier and family of vehicles. [1] AMPV is a sub-project of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program. In 2014, the U.S. Army selected BAE Systems ' proposal of a turretless variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to replace over 2,800 M113s ...
M1131 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV) M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV) M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle (ATGMV) M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBC RV) M113 armored personnel carrier – 6,000 [2] [3] M58 Wolf. M113A3 APC.
The US Army chose to create an M-SHORAD vehicle out of the Stryker instead of the Bradley. Although the tracked Bradley has better mobility on soft ground, the wheeled Stryker has sufficient mobility to perform tactical air defense while also having greater weight, space, and electrical power capacity to make upgrades.
Suspension. 8×8 wheeled. Operational. range. 500 km (300 mi) Maximum speed. 100 km/h (62 mph) The M1129 mortar carrier (MCV-B) is an 8×8 wheeled armored mortar carrier of the Stryker family of combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Land Systems. It is in use with the United States Army.
The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 28th Infantry Division, also known as the Independence Brigade, is a brigade combat team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and has its headquarters located at Horsham Air Guard Station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania . The 56th SBCT is one of nine Stryker Brigade Combat Teams in the United States ...
Maximum speed. 100 km/h (62 mph) The M1130 commander vehicle (CV) is an armored command vehicle based on the Stryker platform. It is used within the brigade to provide means to receive information, analyze and transmit data, and control forces carrying out combat missions. Models with the double V-hull upgrade are known as the M1255 CVV .
The XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle ( MICV ), formerly known as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle ( OMFV ), is a U.S. Army program to replace the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. OMFV is one part of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle portfolio of programs. After the cancellation of the Ground Combat Vehicle in February 2014 ...