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Originally Posted by Panther Al
Exactly, they think its a replacement for the Brad. Scary bit is, is that so far its working: Because the oppo's are lightly armed and poorly trained insurgents, we are getting away with it, but the moment we try the same stunts we are doing now against a force that is trained and properly equipped, its gonna be bad.
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Wouldn't you agree that a key reason the Strykers are being bought in such numbers is that our foes anymore appear to be those lightly-armed and definitely unmechanized forces? I seriously doubt that if we were still in the throes of the Cold War, this wouldn't be an issue-- we'd be keeping the full mechanized forces. But that's not what is needed right now.
OTOH, I may have missed something: are ALL the Bradleys going away, to be replaced by Strykers, or just MOST of them? Are the Bradleys being scrapped, sent down to the NG, or just being mothballed?