Stryker Combat Vehicles cover

Description

The eight-wheeled (8x8) Stryker combat light armored vehicle was adopted by the US Army in 2002 to provide a comparatively rapidly deployable contingency force with armor protection, tactical mobility, and heavy firepower, as well as advanced command, control communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. Covering the first new US Army release since the M1 Abrams MBT, this book details the conception, ongoing development and deployment of one of the most highly anticipated new AFVs in recent years, including its service in Iraq and the ensuing controversy surrounding the Stryker's varying successes.

Table of Contents

Introduction · Design and development of the Stryker Combat Vehicle · Variants and users · Weapons and tactics · Operational history · Controversy · Glossary · Bibliography · Color plate commentary · Index

Product details

Published Jul 25 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781841769301
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 16 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 121
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

Illustrator

Hugh Johnson

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