Future Weapons: Stryker ACV

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Mack takes a look at the many Stryker Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) variants and observes a Stryker / Land Warrior integrated exercise.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 2007 at 6:55 am
Author: nighthawk006

Length: 00:10:01
Rating: 4.73
Views: 97398

Tags: future weapons stryker combat vehicle digital land warrior richard mack machowiz navy seal iraq afghanistan

Video Comments:
AxelofBavaria (August 21, 2008 at 2:03 pm)
You were lucky. Hundreds of your comrades were not so lucky. Search for Iraqi tank graveyard on youtube, e.g. - that video also shows lots of busted Bradleys, M1A1/2 Abrams, Humvees and M109 Paladins ... all blown apart by IEDs or RPGs.
Dockellen (August 21, 2008 at 8:38 am)
my company alone has hit at least 10 IED's this deployment so far guess how many were killed 0 and most of the IED's were not small. AT mines, Deep Buried's and one EFP.
AxelofBavaria (August 20, 2008 at 5:21 pm)
I believe the number is correct, since I've seen so many burned out, exploded, rolled over and otherwise damaged Strykers ... and there are scores of videos on youtube showing Strykers busted by IEDs. It's just a shitty armored car, made in Canada, with tires from the french company MICHELIN, and fried Americans inside.
Dockellen (August 20, 2008 at 10:08 am)
I bet you numbers are a little off 500 soldiers have not died in strykers they were killed after they dismounted the truck.
Dockellen (August 20, 2008 at 10:06 am)
Why yes we have 2 trucks with the mk19 and 2 trucks with the M2 .50 it dosent slow it down at all. i dont know where the hell you got that from. If it can get a 26 ton truck moving at 60 mph you think a MK-19 shooting is going to slow it down at all.
anthony9thompson (August 20, 2008 at 8:13 am)
Mate , Im not sure if I read your comment correctly. Are you saying that the recoil from a MK19 40mm is powerful enough to stop an armoured vehicle. I have fired a long burst from a landrover and even that wasnt affected by the recoil
fentela (August 13, 2008 at 2:27 am)
well the best way to save ur ass is to get the fuck out of iraq
silverhachi29 (August 15, 2008 at 10:49 pm)
The only reason your safe at home and have the freedom to say that is because "Rough men Do Violence on your behalf." So just be thankful and let the men who do the killing and dying worry about that stuff.
steelgear (August 5, 2008 at 7:28 pm)
I think u forget that the USMC use LAV25s.
steelgear (August 5, 2008 at 7:24 pm)
Despite it's many "flaws" US soldiers love these things. One thing you have to understand is that there is no such thing as the perfect vehicle and there never will be. What really matters is if they can operate effectively in a combined arms force and the Strykers have proved all the nay-sayers wrong in very much the same way the Bradley and the Abrams have done. Both of the afore mentioned vehicles were magnets for harsh critism until the Gulf war then all the critics shut up. I wonder why?