The Stryker ICVD Dragoon will be replaced by the ICVVA1-30mm. Meanwhile, AMPV (mortar) has had a live fire demo. Discuss.
I dont understand. Its just a new turret for the same cannon, why does that warrant a whole new chassis and name.
>>62507534>why does that warrant a whole new chassisV-hull has improved mine-resistancethey have slowly been moving towards making all strykers equipped with V-hulls, so the dragoon was next in line>and name.ICV for base stryker, V for double hull, and A1 since its a sub-model with significant changesits arguably a more sensible name than ICV-D
>>62507789>he forgot to delete name
>>62508051I think that's some kind of new vatnik bot.
>>62508087Not a bot, just a desperate loser. He has been spamming all year.
Should have just bought Patria AMV
>AMPV nemo edition
>>62508965It has the patria turret.
>>62508965Didn't exist at the time. Finland only got the first two prototype vehicles in 2003. At the end of 2003, the US had deployed 300 Strykers to Iraq.
>>62507509they somehow made the turret even more ugly. new hull is nice but picrel is the only turret that has any sovl
>>62507509They sure go through Stryker variants fast, don't they
>>62509662its really only 2 major revisions in 20 years the V-hull for mine-resistance and the A1 version which modernized the engine, sensors, and electronics the others are just typical APC-variants like mortar carrier, missile carrier, FIST, and reconpretty much the same treatment all vehicles that can have dismount space replaced with other equipment like the M113 and its 1000 versions
>>62508967At least it's not tinfoil level armor like the russian ones.
>>62508967>remote turreted 120mm mortar oh that's neat
>>62507509what's the difference in the dragoon variants?
finally, americans just caught up the mechanization meme at pre-collapse soviet union levels. just a few more decades they can reach russian levels of mechanized infantry
>>62507509>US Army selected a taller turret than the previous one on the Stryker Dragoon even though the last thing these 8x8 AFVs need is a higher profile.Who the fuck is making these decisions? What were the other offerings for this upgrade program besides for the selected Rafael/Oshkosh turret?
>>62510425Has that specific prototype been inefficiently deployed and then destroyed by enemy action in Ukraine yet?
>>62510005It can direct-fire for self defense, too :D
