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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
I understand that part, I'm just looking for numbers-- how many brigades have gone over to Strykers, vs. mech & armor? Are Armor battalions being converted, and if so, is it temporary/wartime or permanent?
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Here is what the Army looks like, at least as of 2008:
1st Armored Division: 2 heavy, 1 Stryker. 1 infantry and 1 aviation brigade
1st Cavalry Division: 4 heavy and 1 aviation brigades
1st Infantry Division: 2 heavy, 2 infantry and 1 aviation brigades
2nd Infantry Division: 1 heavy, 3 Stryker and 1 aviaiton brigades
3rd Infantry Division: 3 heavy, 1 Stryker and 1 aviaiton brigades
4th Infantry Division: 3 heavy, 1 infantry and 1 aviation brigades
10th Mountain Division: 4 infantry and 1 aviation brigades
25th Infantry Division: 2 Stryker, 1 infantry, 1 airborne and 1 aviation brigades
82nd Airborne Division: 4 airborne and 1 aviation brigades
101st Air Assault Division: 4 air assault and 2 aviation brigades
170th Infantry Brigade: heavy
172nd Infantry Brigade: heavy
173rd Airborne Brigade: airborne
2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
3rd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment: the two bn OPFOR at Fort Irwin NTC
that's a total of 17 heavy; 9 Stryker; 9 infantry; 6 airborne, 4 air assault and 11 aviation brigades.
Since this copy of the Army Times Green Book came out, four of the heavy brigades have been converted to Stryker and there are plans to convert another three heavy into Stryker by 2012. That is a total of 10 heavy and 16 Stryker brigades....and this does not include the NG divisions.
And these will be permanent changes.
Now you can see the concern of the old time tankers....