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Upgunned Stryker in Europe to help shape future infantry lethality

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland — How the U.S. Army’s new Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Dragoon performs in the upcoming year in Europe will contribute to how the service shapes its future lethality capabilities within those medium-weight, infantry-centric brigade combat team formations. The U.S. Army was provided emergency funding from Congress in 2015 — a little over $300…

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland — How the U.S. Army’s new Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Dragoon performs in the upcoming year in Europe will contribute to how the service shapes its future lethality capabilities within those medium-weight, infantry-centric brigade combat team formations.

The U.S. Army was provided emergency funding from Congress in 2015 — a little over $300 million — to rapidly develop and field a Stryker with a 30mm cannon specifically for an urgent need request from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which is permanently stationed in Germany. The funding covered development, eight prototypes and upgrades to 83 production vehicles, as well as spares.

“This capability that is coming to 2CR is directly attributable to Russian aggression,” Lt. Col. Troy Meissel, the regiment’s deputy commander, told reporters Tuesday at Henry Field, a live-fire test range here. And the regiment is working actively with foreign partners and the bigger Army in Europe to shape its formation and increase its capabilities to overmatch Russian weapons systems.

via www.defensenews.com

18 months is an astonishingly quick development time.

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Responses to “Upgunned Stryker in Europe to help shape future infantry lethality”

  1. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    The 105 mm version must not have worked out?

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  2. XBradTC

    The 105mm is still in the fleet, but the general perception of 2CR was that there was no way they could defend against a Russian style force without greatly increasing the anti-armor capability of the Regiment. The challenge was to get more anti-armor capable guns, but not sacrifice the available seats for rifle squads.
    That Mk44 30mm gun is a beast, btw.

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  3. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Thought I recognized that 30 mm. It was on the USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle that got the “DIVADS” application. Will say one thing and that is the Stryker chassis doesn’t move much when the 30 mm is firing as opposed to the 105 mm firing! I am enamored wither the Javelin “six pack” Stryker. Hope it works well for the Stryker assets.

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