Strykers? In *MY* Twilight:2000? It's less likely than you think.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

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I like the Stryker...but I also like the F35, the F22, electromagnetic catapults and the FN/SCAR. I just don't see them as being in "my" T2k game...universe...as I don't have a real game, but anyway...

I think the stuff the Stryker is currently being tasked to do or expanded to do, the LAV would've gotten the nod - the AGS, for example. Your thoughts? Or have we had this discussion too many times?

[Legbreaker]

When did the Stryker enter service?
My (uninformed) guess is post 1997 so in a V1 or 2.x, it's just not going to happen.
There's also the whole doctrine thing. The Cold War called for heavier units able to stand up to the punishment a Pact offensive could deal out, while the Stryker concept was born from the cake walk of the two Iraq invasions and other post cold war events.

[Raellus]

In my T2KU (v1.0 Timeline/alternate universe), the LAV-25 gets the Stryker's job as the Army's wheeled APC. There's even a LAV-25 hull mounted with a reduced pressure 90mm gun in the v1.0 U.S. Vehicle Guide (page 32). They call it the MPGS-90.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Raellus

In my T2KU (v1.0 Timeline/alternate universe), the LAV-25 gets the Stryker's job as the Army's wheeled APC. There's even a LAV-25 hull mounted with a reduced pressure 90mm gun in the v1.0 U.S. Vehicle Guide (page 32). They call it the MPGS-90.

Oh yeah, that's right! I'd wager the LAV could handle the MGS's automated turret with the 105.

[natehale1971]

In my setting, the Strykers are amphibous (as are all of the variants)... and used by light mechanized units.

Web's idea of specialized units is something i've talked about as well.. namely units that fill Peacekeeper and nation-building roles.

Of course my setting's post-twilight world had the brigade combat teams carrying on the divisional linage and heritages... so it's alot easier for specialized units to be created, and allows for alot more flexiblty in setting up your taskforce/battlegroup (aka Corps).

I just can't decide if the new Brigade Combat Teams that are carrying the legacies of the Infantry, Cavalry and Armor Divisions forward should be led by a Colonel or a Brigadier General. The British Army, the Brigade Combat Teams are commanded by a Brigadier or course..

[Targan]

Originally Posted by natehale1971

In my setting, the Strykers are amphibous (as are all of the variants)... and used by light mechanized units.

It has always seemed strange to me that the Strykers lost the LAV-25's amphibious capabilities. Can anyone provide any specific info on what caused the loss of that capability, or perhaps more relevant to Nate's post, what it would take to return amphibious capabilities to the Stryker?

I guess what I'm saying is, in your universe Nate would such a vehicle still really be a Stryker? Would it perhaps make more sense to say the vehicles being used in your universe are US-produced LAV-25s with some or all of the Stryker's features?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

When did the Stryker enter service?
My (uninformed) guess is post 1997 so in a V1 or 2.x, it's just not going to happen.
There's also the whole doctrine thing. The Cold War called for heavier units able to stand up to the punishment a Pact offensive could deal out, while the Stryker concept was born from the cake walk of the two Iraq invasions and other post cold war events.

The Stryker was also delayed years by wrangling and arguing in Congress, the Senate, and the Pentagon, and the design of the Stryker changed several times during its development and the time allowed by that wrangling, some for the better, some for the worse. The Stryker that appeared (probably in small numbers, if any) for the Twilight War would not be the same Stryker we use today.