I agree. Only reason I know is that at one point my son was supposed to get
stationed with a Stryker battalion. Made perfect sense, as the Army had
just spent some number of weeks training him for scouting with Humvees. One
tour in Iraq and 2 in Afghanistan later, and he's flying Kiowas, a big
improvement in my book (and his as well!).
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Scott
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Sounds about right. I'm trying not to keep up too closely with all the new
> hardware. It just depresses me.
>
> --Bob
>
> On Dec 31, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
>
> > I think you're thinking of Strykers, Bob. 8- wheeled, armored, and
> mounting
> > a 40mm gun. And quite reminiscent of a 6-wheeled British APC of some
> years
> > ago, to my mind. It was a known as a Saladin, if memory serves.
>
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