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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee

I think I'm missing something here. Is the Army planning to replace all Bradleys with Strykers? Or most, or just some?

FWIW, I'm in agreement with the majority-- wheeled APCs are great assets for peacekeepers and light cavalry.

Its not so much as the Army is planning on replacing heavy armor with Strykers, its that the Army has gutted the heavy armor force, replacing it with Strykers, to such an extent that there is serious doubt that the Army can go one-on-one with any heavy force.

While Strykers are a badly needed updating of the light divisions, I strongly feel that de-mobbing heavy divisions and ACRs in order to field even more Stryker brigades is a policy that the US Army will eventually come to regret. The only questions are when and where it will bite us and most importantly how many soldiers will be killed or injured because our "leadership" has decided that a souped up RV is the combat vehicle of the future. I guess those with numerous stars on their shoulders have watched too many reruns of Stripes.

My five cents...