akd Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 3rd SBCT, 2nd ID back in Iraq with some new toys http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27138.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27124.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27133.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/fresh/27076.jpg 08/05/2006 The 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division recently arrived in Mosul, Iraq for their second tour. Soldiers are out on a daily patrol getting a feel for the neighborhoods that they will become a familiar face in helping to stabilize an area that has become a lot safer over the past year. Photo by Maj. David Albano, commander, 138th MPAD [ August 18, 2006, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: akd ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 What is that stubby thing on the side of the SAW and M4 in the last picture? The M4 has a PAQ4 on the top but I haven't seen the other thing. Some sort of flash light maybe? Also it looks like they gave the SAW a new barrel and stock since I last used one. Looks like it is being optimized for CQB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Originally posted by sgtgoody (esq): What is that stubby thing on the side of the SAW and M4 in the last picture? The M4 has a PAQ4 on the top but I haven't seen the other thing. Some sort of flash light maybe?Looks like some kind of laser boresight. The only kind I'm familiar with is in this pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Murrin Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Originally posted by Captain Wacky: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by sgtgoody (esq): What is that stubby thing on the side of the SAW and M4 in the last picture? The M4 has a PAQ4 on the top but I haven't seen the other thing. Some sort of flash light maybe?Looks like some kind of laser boresight. The only kind I'm familiar with is in this pic </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Definitely a PAQ-2 on the top of the LT's M4. As for the device in question, on the side of the M4, I'd guess it is a IR pointer/illuminator. You can see the thumb trigger just behind it. The one on the M249 is not the same as the one on the LT's M4. It probably is an IR pointer too, but if you look closely they aren't identical. The M249 has his trigger on the forgrip handle. There are a lot of devices floating around out there, and so far I've been unable to lable either one. Steve [ August 08, 2006, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: Battlefront.com ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 True, the Stryker brigades would be getting a lot of kit for field trials. We used to when I was working with the Force XXI when I was with 1/5 INF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 Soldiers pull security during a dismount in Abu Dasheer. Stryker Team Member Crazy Horse Troop 1st Squadron, 1th Cavalry Regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 thanks for the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yardstick Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 All these photos make me miss Iraq. Is that wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 akd, I believe that's an LRAS (Long Range Acquisition System) atop the Stryker broadside to us, making it emphatically a Scout. Slat armor appears to be a new, lighter design I haven't seen before. You seem to be a full blown genius when it comes to locating and posting great modern warfare pictures! Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 John, that is most certainly the RV (Recon Vehicle) variant of Stryker. The unit cited at the bottom confirms that even if the picture doesn't (and it does ). As for the slat armor, I think it is the same as all others but that the camera is looking dead on it, which is not the common view. akd does have a knack for good photo finds. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 This should interest Dan http://www.primeportal.net/whats_new.htm 8/14/06 New updates for tonight: Hans-Hermann Bühling sent in: A 103 photo walk around of the Stryker ATGM A 22 photo walk around of the Stryker Comander's Vehicle A 54 photo walk around of the Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle A 44 photo walk around of the Stryker Fire Support Vehicle A 40 photo walk around of the Stryker ICV A 30 photo walk around of the Stryker Medevac An 81 photo walk around of the Stryker Mortar Carrier A 72 photo walk around of the Stryker NBCRV And a 63 photo walk around of the Stryker Recon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Oh yes, I am sure it will! akd, you have competition Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 fytinghellfish, Fabulous find! Steve, Some of those fabulous photos are mislabeled, methinks. The supposed FSV doesn't match the placard photo of same. Instead, it looks like a Recon, right down to the beautifully filmed LRAS. Saw my first one of those in OIF news footage on a Bradley. Managed to deduce its basic function with minimal material to work from, but it took resorting to my brother then in the HHT of the first Stryker Brigade to go to Iraq to find out what the real story was. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaska. Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Stryker Fire Support Vehicle armed only with a .50 MG ? Isn't that a little underpowered for that task ? I'd expect some heavier armament in a FSV ? :confused: Nice pics, though. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 It's an FO vehicle, not a direct fire support vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaska. Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I knew it, just testing you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoolaman Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by Angryson: All these photos make me miss Iraq. Is that wrong? Though I can't imagine what it's like over there, I don't find that surprising. It must have been an intense experience that leaves ordinary life feeling a bit, well, ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 fytinghellfish, I invite you to compare this http://data3.primeportal.net/apc/hans-hermann_buhling/stryker_fire_support_vehicle/images/stryker_fire_support_vehicle_29_of_44.jpg with the actual vehicle images on the same page. The sensor suite listed at the link doesn't even proximally square with what's so clearly in evidence in the vehicle photos. A G/VLLD is, if memory serves, a laser rangefinder/designator with a north seeking gyro and an AN/TAS-4 is an IR sight. Neither is a LRAS, whatever it's properly nomenclatured as. Seems to me that unless the vehicle characteristic photo and data are completely obsolete, then what we're seeing in the vehicle photos of the purported FSV isn't an FSV but an RV. Clearly, something's wrong somewhere. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Yep - can't explain it. The RV variant doesn't even have the LRAS but the FO vehicle does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucero1148 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Hi nice photos. I did a quick search on uploading pics tothe forum and came up with nada. On checking it seems a jpg must first be uploaded to the internet.since an url is needed. How does one do that? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 A) Find a picture-hosting service - there are some preferred by denizens of the Fora, but I don't know what they are Get your own webspace. My ISP gives me this as part of the package. C) Get someone with webspace to host the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellfish Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 www.imageshack.us is good for one-time uploads, as is www.photobucket.com if you want your own online photo album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by fytinghellfish: This should interest Dan http://www.primeportal.net/whats_new.htm 8/14/06 New updates for tonight: Hans-Hermann Bühling sent in: A 103 photo walk around of the Stryker ATGM A 22 photo walk around of the Stryker Comander's Vehicle A 54 photo walk around of the Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle A 44 photo walk around of the Stryker Fire Support Vehicle A 40 photo walk around of the Stryker ICV A 30 photo walk around of the Stryker Medevac An 81 photo walk around of the Stryker Mortar Carrier A 72 photo walk around of the Stryker NBCRV And a 63 photo walk around of the Stryker Recon Now THAT'S a good find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucero1148 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Great many thanks for the info . hopefully this will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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