Based on the lessons learned since Desert Storm (Iraq 1991), Afghanistan and Iraqi Freedom, the mobile war-fighting platforms of the US Army and Marines are being transformed into a lighter, leaner, and meaner formation capable of hitting hard and fast.
The most important advance on the Stryker LAV as opposed to previous light weight armored vehicles is its ceramic composite armor which offers protection against AP projectiles, artillery shells as well as IED (roadside bombs) that is the no.1 threat in Iraq.
The Stryker LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) III [LAV III] is at the center of the Army’s Interim Brigade Combat Teams. The IBCTs will be lighter and more mobile, yet offer firepower no enemy can hope to match. In all, four brigades will receive the vehicles with each brigade being equipped with more than 300 Stryker vehicles apiece and with at least 3 more brigades being contemplated.
Probably the most important property of this vehicle, besides its advanced ceramic armor is its relatively swift deployability with C-130 cargo planes. This is in accordance with one of the Army’s transformation goals: Being able to deploy brigade combat teams anywhere in the world within 96 hours, a division in 120 hours and five divisions within 30 days.
Stryker Armored Vehicle
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Based on the lessons learned since Desert Storm (Iraq 1991), Afghanistan and Iraqi Freedom, the mobile war-fighting platforms of the US Army and Marines are being transformed into a lighter, leaner, and meaner formation capable of hitting hard and fast.
The most important advance on the Stryker LAV as opposed to previous light weight armored vehicles is its ceramic composite armor which offers protection against AP projectiles, artillery shells as well as IED (roadside bombs) that is the no.1 threat in Iraq.
The Stryker LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) III [LAV III] is at the center of the Army’s Interim Brigade Combat Teams. The IBCTs will be lighter and more mobile, yet offer firepower no enemy can hope to match. In all, four brigades will receive the vehicles with each brigade being equipped with more than 300 Stryker vehicles apiece and with at least 3 more brigades being contemplated.
Probably the most important property of this vehicle, besides its advanced ceramic armor is its relatively swift deployability with C-130 cargo planes. This is in accordance with one of the Army’s transformation goals: Being able to deploy brigade combat teams anywhere in the world within 96 hours, a division in 120 hours and five divisions within 30 days.