Cruelbreed
11-01-2008, 09:21 PM
The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_wheel_drive) armored combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Land Systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_Land_Systems), in use by the United States Army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army). Based on the Canadian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) LAV III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAV_III) light-armored vehicle, which in turn is based on the Swiss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland) Mowag Piranha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowag_Piranha), the Stryker is the U.S. Army's first new armored vehicle since the M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2/M3_Bradley_Fighting_Vehicle) in the 1980s.
The Stryker was championed by General Eric Shinseki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Shinseki) when he was U.S. Army Chief of Staff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army). The vehicle is employed in Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, light and mobile units based on the Brigade Combat Team Doctrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_Combat_Team) that relies on vehicles connected by military C4I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4I) networks.
LAV-H Stryker Upgrade
The US Army plans to improve its fleet of Stryker vehicles with the introduction of improved semi-active suspension (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_suspension), modifications reshaping the hull into a shallow V-shaped structure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-hull), additional armor for the sides, redesigned hatches to minimize gaps in the armor, blast absorbing mine resistant seats (or BENCHES), non-flammable tires, an upgrade to the remote weapon station that allows it to fire on the go, increased 500 amp power generation, a new solid state power distribution system and data bus, and the automotive and power plant systems will be upgraded to support a 25% Gross Vehicle Weight increase. The upgrade incorporating lessons learned from Afghanistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29) is designated LAV-H and General Dynamics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics) had a technology demonstrator displayed at the 2007 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Exposition.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Stryker_Rough_Terrain.jpg/800px-Stryker_Rough_Terrain.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/armor-comp.gif
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/stryker/images/stryker_6.jpg
The Stryker was championed by General Eric Shinseki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Shinseki) when he was U.S. Army Chief of Staff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army). The vehicle is employed in Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, light and mobile units based on the Brigade Combat Team Doctrine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade_Combat_Team) that relies on vehicles connected by military C4I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4I) networks.
LAV-H Stryker Upgrade
The US Army plans to improve its fleet of Stryker vehicles with the introduction of improved semi-active suspension (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_suspension), modifications reshaping the hull into a shallow V-shaped structure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-hull), additional armor for the sides, redesigned hatches to minimize gaps in the armor, blast absorbing mine resistant seats (or BENCHES), non-flammable tires, an upgrade to the remote weapon station that allows it to fire on the go, increased 500 amp power generation, a new solid state power distribution system and data bus, and the automotive and power plant systems will be upgraded to support a 25% Gross Vehicle Weight increase. The upgrade incorporating lessons learned from Afghanistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_%282001%E2%80%93present%29) is designated LAV-H and General Dynamics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics) had a technology demonstrator displayed at the 2007 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Exposition.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Stryker_Rough_Terrain.jpg/800px-Stryker_Rough_Terrain.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/armor-comp.gif
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/stryker/images/stryker_6.jpg