Stryker:The Future Is Now

From New Wars:

We have been an advocate for the Stryker combat vehicle since its inception. Repeated attempts by the Army to get some type of light anti-insurgent tank in service previous to 2000 failed, notably with the Armored Gun System. So, with the Iraq experience wheeled vehicles now rule, and are now headed to the Afghanistan to try their proven tactics against some of the world toughest fighters.

Some would say that we now need to modernize our Army with a very costly Future Combat System. Let me say to these that THE ARMY HAS BEEN MODERNIZED, thanks to the crash programs of wheeled vehicles ongoing such as MRAP and armored Humvee conversions, but especially thanks to the Stryker.

Small Wars Journal reports on plans to keep the proven off-the-shelf Stryker going into the future:

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My Comment: I am not sure on how effective it will be in the mountains of Afghanistan, but in Iraq and (I am sure) on the plains of Afghanistan this vehicle is a winner.