"M1126 Strykers in Combat: Experiences & Lessons"

[akd]

May have been posted before, but I didn't see it. Includes lots of interesting links.

DID has covered the Stryker vehicle before, most notably for the unexpectedly positive reviews the nonpartisan Project On Government Oversight received when it spoke to soldiers who served in them and appreciated the vehicles' capabilities and stealth. That DID article also noted a positive review from Russian analyst Vasiliy Fofanov, who wasn't generally inclined to give American equipment in Iraq high marks.

Now a conference call from Mosul has added more specifics to the soldiers' review, and so has a recent article in National Defense Magazine. DID will share some excerpts from each, briefly discuss some of the lessons, then note a pair of recent DoD contracts covering repair and maintenance for these vehicles.

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Defense Industry Daily

[aka_tom_w]

great link

thanks

TONY CAPACCIO: "Colonel, do you have any specific tactical instances where in the city Mosul these vehicles accomplished more than a tank could of or a Bradley could have, given their construction and their mobility?"

COL. BROWN: "How much time do you have? Because I could give you an example every single night. I'll give you one example of a company. In Deuce Four, 1-24 Infantry, a young company commander out being very agile and adaptive, he went out, and during the day some cars drove by and fired at the Strykers. They chased the cars in the Stryker. You wouldn't have been able to keep up in a tank or a Bradley. They chased the cars. The guys got out of the car and being, again, the cowards that they are, they hid behind women and children, so the soldiers didn't shoot them. But they went up to the cars. They found caches of weapons in the cars, and they found their wallets in the cars. They then went to some sources who said, yeah, we know where these guys live. So two hours later, they went and raided the home with one platoon, captured some more. Those guys talked. They went and raided more.

By the end of the night, one night, one Stryker company, about 120 soldiers, about, you know, 14 Strykers involved, went seven different locations, captured 15 out of 20 terrorist cell members, captured mortar systems, sniper rifles, a very large cache of weapons, et cetera, all that was mobile, all in cars. And they were able to get their quickly using their digital capability, using the speed of the Stryker, and oh, by the way, maintained perfect situational understanding at this time using a UAV up above and all the digital systems in what the Stryker affords. And the biggest thing the Stryker affords is nine infantrymen out in this urban setting -- this was all in a city, population of 2 million -- a very populated area, downtown city area that this happened. So that's one example."

[Michael Dorosh]

bump for Sergei

[Michael Dorosh]

You forgot to bold my name...

http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=52;t=000564

[Dirtweasle]

Not sure where to post this, as an FYI to all; Blueprint for Action : A Future Worth Creating by Thomas Barnett is a follow up to his previous book The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century .