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Old 10-25-2012, 05:37 PM
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I was recently conducting an audit at this little place called Fort Benning, got to watch a daylight gunnery exercise demo the latest fixes to the ole Stryker combat system. Namely my favorite POS, the 105mm armed version.

Anyhow, our fearless crew was motoring down the range and I mentioned to the major that was conducting our tour, that the last time that I had witnessed this, the crew managed to roll their vehicle over. The major got a little huffy and assured me that such a thing would never happen with the latest mods....

Right on Station Six, the Stryker went around a corner and engaged a target with its gun at the nine o'clock position. Sure enough, the crew fired and scored direct hit, at the same time the vehicle slowly rolled over on its right side.

Glancing at the red-faced major, I mentioned, in an awe-struck voice, "those new mods work! The last time I saw this they rolled 180 degrees, this time it was only 90!!!!!"

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