To amplify a bit, the vehicle was the result of a bitter parochial battle between the Armor and Infantry branches and their respective schools. Armor wanted a tank based PC with a low silhouette;...
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To amplify a bit, the vehicle was the result of a bitter parochial battle between the Armor and Infantry branches and their respective schools. Armor wanted a tank based PC with a low silhouette;...
I think the
kool aid bit was wrong and said so, selil is merely saying the same thing. Monitors step in on occasion to remind us all to be civil, maybe excessively so in the eyes of some but it stops flame wars...
Stryker isn't an IFV
Neither is the Bradley, really, they're both APCs, two different types for two different roles.True.True but for less than HIC it is marginally adequate for PC/IFV kills and bunker busting and that...
We can disagree on most of that
Your prerogative to question; apparently it wasn't your decision what to buy.All those vehicles including the Stryker have strengths and weaknesses -- that is also irrelevant, the Stryker's here and...
Recall that the Stryker was and is only an interim vehicle.
It was never intended to be more than a temporary substitute for the FCS -- which will it now appears be tracked for cross country mobility reasons. It was selected because while not the best...
High ground clearance and thus standoff
are important for under vehicle explosions, no question -- but the V shape is also important as it allows the explosive force easy exit as opposed to being trapped by a flat hull -- particularly a...