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30mm Armed Stryker ICV

Well, color me surprised. We’ve known for some time now the Army is pressing to up-gun its fleet of Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles to a 30mm cannon. We were, however, under the impression the gun would be the M230LF, a lightweight, relatively low velocity cannon, very similar to that used on the AH-64 Apache. Looks…

Well, color me surprised.

We’ve known for some time now the Army is pressing to up-gun its fleet of Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles to a 30mm cannon. We were, however, under the impression the gun would be the M230LF, a lightweight, relatively low velocity cannon, very similar to that used on the AH-64 Apache.

Looks like we were wrong. The first prototype has been delivered,  and it sports the honking big Mk46 30mm gun developed originally for the abortive Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

The Mk 46 will give the Stryker the ability to defeat all armor short of main battle tanks, and its High Explosive- Incendiary round will give it very good capability against soft targets, and even dug in troops.

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Responses to “30mm Armed Stryker ICV”

  1. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Did the Army s&$tcan the AGS Stryker with a 105 mm main gun?

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  2. Jaedo Drax

    http://www.cmigroupe.com/en/p/cockerill-ct-cv-105hp
    Saudi Arabia is getting some of those mounted on their LAV6.0 units.
    I guess someone finally got the gun/missile idea to work, though it’s much smaller than the 152mm unit from the MBT-70

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  3. Joey JoJo Jr.

    Big Army is confused again.
    First they wanted the Stryker for air mobility and compactness… now they are loading a metric ton of crap back onto it…making it less air portable and bigger.
    Now it will be swinging a bigger gun than a Brad- with less armor and less off-road mobility.
    Did they want a IFV or a light tank? Nobody knows anymore.

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  4. Andrewbanks

    Watching how Stryker is being uparmoured and up armed, reminds me of “Pentagon Wars” and (the spoof of) how the Bradley became so big
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQ2lO3ieBA

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