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Ack Teddy.
ArmyRick said:Keep in mind that in the US Army, the Stryker Brigade Combat Team is a MEDIUM weight force (more powerful than light infantry but doesn't deliver a punch like bradley-abrams tag team). No they are not putting all their eggs in that basket either. They are not replacing any of their heavy divisions with strykers.
The reason they don't have heavier guns on the stryker IMV is because it will cut down the number of dismounts and if you require 25mm fire power than they view the fight as a bradley-Abrams (Heavy armoured type of fight).
hope this clears it up where the SBCT stands in the US scheme of things.
Teddy Ruxpin said:Probably not, Quagmire. As indicated earlier, they're requests for cancellation, not the actual direction. Things could conceivably change with political intervention... Even if they're cancelled, you won't likely see a CANFORGEN unless it's done as part of a wider update to the entire CF.
Cheers,
TR
It seems reasonable to assume that Gen Leslie, as the heir apparent, was involved to some degree in the Army deliberations.
I would highly doubt the cancellation of a few Canadian MGS orders will affect GDLS-C in the slightest. It would only speed up production for USA and follow on orders from other countries. With the Americans footing the bill for R&D for Stryker series of vehicles, I'm pretty sure GDLS is quite happy with its bottom line moving forward. Besides, with most of these projects, there is probably a huge penalty to pay for cancellations.whiskey601 said:Could the army use just plain model Stryker currently being made for the USA at GDSL? (the one with the RWS)
As I understand things, if the plant in London does not get new orders, there will be layoffs very soon which will be unwanted political fallout for Harper.