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Old 01-02-2011, 07:59 PM
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Don't misunderstand: I too think there is a place for the wheeled armoured combat vehicle, any where there is a large, well developed road net wheels do hold enough of a mobility advantage to make up for the lessor armour/firepower balance. We should have taken more time to take a good hard look at the stryker. The armoured cars that do have a good track record, such as the ones mentioned benefited from working on a solid road net, but in addition are larger vehicles. A 25 ton Stryker, with the increase in armour and potentially greater firepower just may be what it takes to change the public view of the vehicle. Good news is that plans are already in action to bring us the Stryker III is in the works, and the II (both are what I call them) is being field tested now, the II is really a better mine protected version of the Stryker but otherwise the same as the I.
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