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Infantry units are not "support" units
editIn this article there are several instances where the word "support" is used. Infantrymen are never considered a support unit. They are the main battle unit. Artillery units are considered "support". The word support in a military context means to support another unit. Yes, IFV's mutually support the members of their unit but that is not considered "support" because they are in the same unit. Also, from personal experience to ever call an Infantryman "support" is considered an insult. Can you please edit and remove that word. Solri89 (talk) 17:24, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
- Just change 'support' to a more fitting word then, e.g. WP:FIXIT. -Fnlayson (talk) 20:05, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
C4I
editWhen I was in it was C3I. When did they add computers? Solri89 (talk) 17:38, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
IAV
editIt might be self-explanatory for the military experts, but the abbreviation "IAV" is not explained anywhere in the article. For clarification it should be fully written out at least once in either the introduction or the table on the right. --89.0.161.210 (talk) 16:12, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- IAV is for Interim Armored Vehicle. I've added that at the first mention. (Hohum @) 18:07, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Stryker and LIBA
editMoft Elizon claims to provide LIBA armor plating for Strykers. Yet I don't see any listing of them here. Any other sources, or...
"MGS" likely an error in the Info Box
editIn the upper right "Info" Box (with the picture), under the heading: Secondary armament, it lists the M240 machine gun – for which a proper WIKI link takes you to that MG which is a weapon that would be an appropriate secondary armament. However, immediately following, and without a comma or any other explanation, it says: (MGS), which also is a link, but to a different WIKI page.
This links to the: M1128 Mobile Gun System, which is in the Stryker family of vehicles, but is a completely different vehicle. It would certainly NOT be considered a "secondary weapon"!
Is it possible that what was intended was that the M240 would be mounted in the same "Protector", which links to the Protector (RWS) remote firing system as mentioned immediately above under the heading: Main armament? When you look under the Stryker#Armament section, they list the Protector M151, (which links to the same WIKI page as the Protector (RWS)) as the dedicated remote firing system for all medium weapons on top of this vehicle, including the lighter M240.
By the bye,
1) In the Info Box, just after "Protector", it lists remote weapon station which links to a more general WIKI page titled: Remote controlled weapon station. This doesn't harm anything, but making the original: Protector (RWS), then leaving remote weapon station as an added link to a general discussion of this type of hardware, might be more appropriate?
2) In the section under Armament, you might want to change Protector M151 to Protector (RWS). This is because when you read the WIKI page on the Protector (RWS)#Versions, it mentions that (RWS) is for the entire system while the M151 variant is that for the Stryker vehicles. The current listing (in brackets) is: "Protector (RWS)|Protector M151", but I think that a more appropriate listing would be: "Protector (RWS)#M151 versions|Protector (RWS)".
Your call...
All the best,
Merge?
editAs User:Reidgreg suggested at Talk:M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle#Requested move 4 May 2022, it may be a good idea to merge some of the Stryker variant articles. Namely M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle, M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle, M1130 Commander's Vehicle, M1131 Fire Support Vehicle, M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Reconnaissance Vehicle and M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle. I would probably leave M1128 Mobile Gun System, M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle, M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle and M1129 Mortar Carrier alone. M1296 Dragoon and Stryker SHORAD would be good candidates to spin off at some point. A parent article called Stryker variants could be created to contain the merged articles.Page views. Schierbecker (talk) 03:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Stryker MEHEL
edit"Stryker Mobile Expeditionary High Energy Laser (MEHEL): The Army is integrating a directed energy weapon onto the M1131 Fire Support Vehicle version to defend against Group 1 and 2 UAVs. ... In an April 2016 test, a 2 kW laser fired from the Stryker shot down 21 drone targets. The vehicle has an electronic warfare jamming system to scramble drone command signals. A 5 kW version could be operational in 2017, with plans to increase power to 18 kW by 2018."
Can somebody update this, please? 67.231.67.253 (talk) 20:57, 9 August 2024 (UTC)