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Stryker

Key facts

Weapon.name: Stryker
Weapon.image: Stryker ICV front q.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: M1126 Stryker infantry carrier vehicle (ICV)
Weapon.type: Armored personnel carrier–infantry fighting vehicle hybrid
Weapon.is_vehicle: yes
Weapon.service: 2002–present
Weapon.number: ~4,900 including 4,466 vehicles in US Army
Weapon.passengers: Up to 9
Weapon.origin: Canada/United States
Weapon.used_by: United States (see Operators below for details)
Weapon.manufacturer: General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada
Weapon.unit_cost: US$4.9 million (2012)
Weapon.weight: ICV: MGS:
Weapon.crew: Varies, usually 2
Weapon.armour: With bolt-on ceramic armor: all-around 14.5×114mm protection
Weapon.secondary_armament: 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 and 7.62 mm M240 machine guns (on M1128 mobile gun system)
Weapon.engine: Caterpillar C7

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Contents

Development history
Interim Armored Vehicle competition
Team General Dynamics–General Motors
Production
Upgrades
M-SHORAD
DE M-SHORAD
TEWS
Design
Engine and mechanical features
Command, control, and targeting
Protection
Armament
30 mm cannon
Mobility
Strategic and operational
Tactical
Cost
Mission
Service history
Deployments
Field reports
Variants
Double V-hull
Double V-hull A1
Experimental
Operators
Future operators
Potential operators
Failed bids
See also
Comparable vehicles
References
External links

The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III, which in turn derived from the Swiss Mowag Piranha. Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario. It has four-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all-wheel drive (8×8).

The Stryker was conceived as a family of vehicles forming the backbone of a new medium-weight brigade combat team (BCT) that was to strike a balance between armored brigade combat teams (heavy armor) and infantry brigade combat teams. The service launched the Interim Armored Vehicle competition, and in 2000, the service selected the LAV III proposed by GDLS and General Motors Defense. The service named this family of vehicles the "Stryker".