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By Gordon Rottman

The eight-wheeled (8x8) Stryker wrestle mild armored motor vehicle used to be followed through the U.S. military in 2002 to supply a relatively speedily deployable contingency strength with armor security, tactical mobility, and heavy firepower, in addition to complicated command, keep an eye on communications, computing device, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) services. masking the 1st new US military unlock because the M1 Abrams MBT, this publication info the belief, ongoing improvement and deployment of 1 of the main hugely expected new AFVs in recent times, together with its carrier in Iraq and the resultant controversy surrounding the Stryker's various successes.

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Its ammunition container holds 32 rounds. 50cal. M2 machine guns. Four four-tube M6 smoke grenade launchers are fitted to the RWS. The squad leader's hatch is to the left of the vehicle commander's hatch and the bailout hatch is on the side below it. On-board tools include two shovels, pick, axe, and pry bar. The right rear view (see plate D) displays the rear ramp with its inset troop hatch and the two rear "air-guard" hatches. The external fuel sponsons are on the bottom sides of the hull on either side of the ramp.

It can be lowered to where its bottom rests on the deck . Early versions had two M6 smok e grenade launc hers; current mod els have four. 62mm M240B machi ne gun. F2: M1128 MOBILE GUN SYST EM (MGS) Numerous turret designs and gun housings are seen on prototype MGS vehicles as efforts were made to reduce its weight and height. 50ca!. 62mm coaxial machine gun to the above left of the main gun. A major cause of the MGS' overweight problems is the automatic reloader - it holds 18 rounds with eight rounds in the carousel and ten in the replenishment rack.

US Army) has four dri vers a nd th ree veh icle co m ma nde rs; th e plat oon se rgea n t doubl es as th e machine-gun squad's vehicle co m mand e r. t? three reco n na issance troo ps , a n d a su rveillance tro op. Recon tro op s ha ve a h eadquarte rs, a m ortar sec tio n (2 x ~\ IC , 2 x 120m m ), a nd three recon plat oon s (4 x RC). T he su rve illa nce tro op possesses (our g ro u nd surveillanc e rada rs, three RQ-7 Sha dow unmann ed aerial veh icles, a nd radi o intercept a n d directi on-linding eq uipm e n t.

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