US Stryker Brigade

[Kirkhill]

http://www.strykernews.com

Here's a whole site dedicated to news on Stryker Brigade developments.  I believe it is run by a person whose son is/was in the first Stryker Brigade sent over.  It has been rotated out and replaced.

Most posts and items are pretty supportive of the concept and kit.

Cheers.

 

[gnplummer421]

Thanks Kirk,

Have the US Forces purchased any surveillance packages like our Coyotes?

 

[ArmyRick]

I have been following very closely the whole concept of the new U.S. Medium forces known as Stryker Brigade Combat Teams.
They are basically Brigades with 3 infantry battalions (mounted in stryker), cavalry squadron (equivalent to Canadian arm regt) wich does the whole ISTAR business, artillery battalion, engineer company and some other combat support and service support units.
The stryker infantry companies I find really interesting.
They consists of (organic to the coy itself, not attached)
-HQ platoon includes Command staff, FOO, snipers, a small stores and signalers
-Mortar platoon (2 x 120mm mortars in stryker)
-MGS platoon (3 x 105mm MGS)
-3 x rifle platoons (stryker mounted)

I was reading the field manual on the styker platoon and company tactics and I noticed they acknowledged that it is not a heavy armoured force but a mobile, fast moving and some what quick deployable (don't use hercs, use C-17) units designed almost sepcifically for the 3 block war..

I am thinking maybe the CF could borrow some ideas from this concept.
Maybe task infantry with LAVIII and MGS and give ARM the role of reconnaissance and ISTAR ?

Opinions out there? Ideas?

 

[Infanteer]

http://army.ca/forums/threads/23505.0.html

There is already a running gun-battle about the issue on the armoured forum.