Pic above: Self-explanatory ...

Ihatehippies wrote:

I'd show you pictures of burning M113's in Iraq but I've ever seen one running outside a FOB. They are poop. Engineers would rather roll in uparmored HMMVWs than take their M113s on patrol.

Yeah, sure. The M113 in all its versions is combat-proven and the most successful tank ever built. But you know better, of course.

en.wikipedia.org . . .

All these countries use some version of the Stryker

The Stryker was built on the basis of this vehicle family, more specifically the Canadian LAV-III. And you know that you can take this expression literally: They built upon that platform, adding tons of extra weight.

The Mowag Piranha, from which this whole vehicle family is derived, weighs only 9,5 tons ! The stryker weighs 19 tons empty, 22 tons with the birdcage, 23 tons or more with ammo, diesel and soldiers onboard.

What happens to a vehicle if you increase its weight by more than 100% ? Any wheeled vehicle, for that matter ? Go figure.

The suspension and the tires were never designed for that much weight, let alone the ground pressure calculations. And better not speak about amphibious abilities - with the added weight, the Stryker lost them completely.

Oh well, the facts are out there, and you may just use the videos above to get started.

The Stryker is a treasonous catastrophe which only entered service thru massive corruption in the American defense bureaucracy. If there were no soldiers inside, I would cheer every time one of them was blown up by enemies around the world.