Stryker
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- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Stryker ICV front q.jpg
- Height
- 2.64
- Width
- 2.72
- Length
- 6.95
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- service entry
- 2002-01-01
- Commons category
- Stryker AFV
- Commons gallery
- Stryker
- ride height
- 500
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Article
34 sectionsContents
- 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".