akd Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 Fire support for the 172nd SBCT: http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-22-095552.jpg Soldiers from Battery A, 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment practice firing their M198 howitzers at Q-West Base Complex, Iraq. By Sgt. Ashly N. Rice. November 22, 2005.http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Nov2005/051110-F-4177H-087.jpg (same, different exposure) http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/nov2005/index/Hi-Res/051110-F-4177H-087-c.jpg Army Spc. Kyle Shelton kneels next to a wall as he provides security for his fellow soldiers during a search in Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 10, 2005. Shelton is attached to Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr., U.S. Air Force. [ November 22, 2005, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: akd ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/uploads/large/OCPA-2005-11-23-081025.jpg Spc. Andrew D. "Doc" Nelson, a medic with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, takes a look over his shoulder while providing cover for fellow Soldiers in Mosul, Iraq. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Originally posted by akd: http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/uploads/large/OCPA-2005-11-23-081025.jpg </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Spc. Andrew D. "Doc" Nelson, a medic with 3rd Platoon, Company B, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, takes a look over his shoulder while providing cover for fellow Soldiers in Mosul, Iraq. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 some archived Stryker pics: http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image001.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image003.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image007.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image008.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image009.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image011.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image012.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image015.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image017.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image021.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image022.jpg http://www.lewis.army.mil/transformation/archived_photos/images/image024.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-29-093635.jpg Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team patrol Mosul, Iraq, in their Stryker vehicle. Photo by Staff Sgt. James Harper Jr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-30-085152.jpg Spc. Jason Crews and a fellow Soldier from 1st Platoon, Company C, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, patrol in Mosul, Iraq 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Photos/Dec/Hi-Res/02.JPG U.S. Army Soldier from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4-14 Cavalry Regiment provides overwatch during a security mission in Mosul, Iraq, 30 Nov. 2005 in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.) [ December 09, 2005, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: akd ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 archive: overwatch in Mosul http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/408/11bb1.jpg http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/8982/28fi.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Photos/Dec/Hi-Res/03.JPG A Humvee from the 562nd Engineering Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, provides security during a mission in Mosul Iraq 30 Nov. 2005 in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.(Released) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 5, 2005 Author Share Posted December 5, 2005 http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/hres.pl?Lbox_cap=1271665&dir=Photo A U.S. Army Soldier assigned with the 562nd Engineers Company provides security for a night time engineering mission in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James H. Christopher) http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/show_jpg.pl?sz=1&key=1271686 U.S. Staff Sgt. Robert Dupont and Spc. William Hawkins of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade provide mounted security during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 2, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James H. Christopher) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 http://jccc.afis.osd.mil/images/hres.pl?Lbox_cap=1272028&dir=Photo 12/05/05 - U.S. Army Sgt. Chris Carpenter, with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based out of Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, provides security while U.S. and Iraqi forces discuss preparations for the upcoming elections in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 5, 2005. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-12-07-100256.jpg Spc. Louie O. Bedea, from Company [sic, Troop] B, 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 2nd Marine Division, takes cover during a counterinsurgency operation near Rawah, Iraq. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/dec2005/photoessays/p20051207a8.jpg U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Norris, 4-23 battalion commander, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, briefs U.S. and Iraqi forces during a combined arms rehearsal Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 5, 2005, in preparation for the upcoming elections. http://www.defendamerica.mil/images/photos/dec2005/photoessays/p20051207a6.jpg U.S. Army Capt. Kent Park discusses security preparations for the upcoming elections with an Iraqi police official in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 5, 2005. Park is assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaskahttp://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-12-08-092154.jpg Spc. Nicholas Haney, from the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, patrols Mosul, Iraq. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/jpageol/100_0414.jpg http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/albums/jpageol/100_0518.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homo ferricus Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 what is that cage around the stryker in the first pic of the first post? i think i've seen those on tanks. isn't it a shaped charge defense barrier or sumfink? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Originally posted by Battlefront.com: JC, US soldiers buy a lot of their own kit as well, even though we spend trillions of REAL Dollars (not those funny colored ones you use ) on our military.With "real Dollars" you mean the money, produced by the FED, a private bank that lends this privately produced money to your state? You know the term Fiat Money? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 Originally posted by Iron_man: what is that cage around the stryker in the first pic of the first post? i think i've seen those on tanks. isn't it a shaped charge defense barrier or sumfink? Yes, catches them thar RPGs. Meanwhile, a donkey cart races Strykers in Northern Iraq (the donkey cart pwn'd the Strykers, obviously): http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1751/42161258084vy.jpg Interesting to note the shielded .50 on the rear Stryker. Remote turret replaced? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-12-14-092746.jpg A Soldier from 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, participates in a night operation in Mosul, Iraq, as part of pre-election security operations. http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-12-14-092839.jpg Staff Sgt. Carlswell, from 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, greets an Iraqi family at a traffic control point in Mosul, during pre-election security operations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 AKD, No, the RWS (Remote Weapons Station) is still very much alive and well. It's just that a lot of them have had improvised shields mounted on them. Some variants, however, do not have the RWS. The one in the distance appears to be the RV (Recon Vehicle) variant. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Didn't know there was a version without some form of RWS. I was thinking that maybe the RWS was damaged and replaced. Is the recon version armed at all straight off the production line? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I don't have my stuff to give exat details right now, but yes the recon version is armed. It has the same ability to mount a M2 or Mk19 (IIRC) as the other Strykers, but it isn't a RWS. In place of it are a lot of recon gizmos that can be swung around and used in place of the weapon. Off the top o fmy head the Medical and FIST vehicles don't have RWS, as well as the ATGM and Mortar vehicles. I am pretty sure the Command Vehicle originally lacked the RWS, but it was added after. I think the Engineer vehicle initially lacked it but also has it now. In short... originally I think only the ICV had the RWS and the rest didn't. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Ah, I didn't know the command vehicles were retrofitting to RWS! If you prowl the older press photos you'll see command/recon vehicles mounting the big Hummer gun shield on a standard weapons mount. Photos of these vehicles were always rare, you hardly see pictures of anything on patrol besides the ICV. [ December 15, 2005, 01:41 PM: Message edited by: MikeyD ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Eh, in reprospect I probably should've just supplied the photo URLs instead of those pictures. Here's another, URL this time: Stryker without remote mg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/He219/dfd09350.jpg General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. mechanic Heriberto Melendez cleans a seal of the commander's hatch of an Army Stryker vehicle, Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, at Fort Lewis Wash. After logging thousands of miles during their first two years in Iraq, the Army's Stryker vehicles, an eight-wheeled armored vehicle, are getting an overhaul before being sent back with soldiers. They were used for a year in Iraq by the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, then another year with their successors from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Lui Kit Wong) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Makes you wonder, if these Strykers are in Washington state whose Strykers are in Mosul? An interesting line in another article I just found on the overhaul "...The average mileage across the fleet of 285 or so vehicles is more than 20,000..." I noted before that this number is somewhat short of the 309-ish vehicles I thought had gone in-theater with the 1-25th. 309 - 285 = 24 vehicles unaccounted for. The article does state "The most heavily damaged vehicles remain overseas, at General Dynamics’ main repair facility in Qatar." That seems to say 24 vehicles were too heavily damaged to return stateside. That's a far cry from those Pentagon 'Happy News' reports about Stryker's survival record. [ December 19, 2005, 10:48 AM: Message edited by: MikeyD ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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