There is this "need" out here...
forget it...This is what we really know...
1) All
STRYKERS will get double "V" protected hulls which has been well underway for sometime now.
2) The USA will
only currently upgrade
81 STRYKERS with the
PROTECTOR MCT-30 turret.
3) From the USA and as it stands right now, well I'll just quote the ARMY here..."Fielding to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Europe
will begin in
May 2018, which represents "a near-record time from concept to delivery," according to Allyn." as taken from ref. 2. And yes ref. 1 covers the same as well.
https://www.armytimes.com/articles/a...th-30mm-cannon
https://www.army.mil/article/177472
About the
PROTECTOR MCT-30 CLICK on the data sheet to the right for further details if you want...
https://www.kongsberg.com/en/kps/pro...rotectormcrws/
There hasn't been any "real talk" about the
JAVELIN version for about a year or so. However, this is what the USA plans are for that and more. Hopefully the "
PROJECTED ACTIVITIES" section is still open as I copied over. If not click on it. Note the following...A) MCT-30 will mount a M240 coax. B) Turret picture as shown in articles above shows advanced optical
systems TI/GSR 40. C) From
FY 2020 (Oct 2019 for you non fiscal types.) on is when we can possibly think about the
JAVELIN equipped
STRYKER as part of the ECP-2/2a proposal. This
will be the
TI/GSR 50-60 version based on the data provided by the USA below concerning the use of TOW/ITAS targeting "structures" from those platforms.
http://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-it...y-of-vehicles/
I really like my sources, however, I have found many times over the years that the information provided goes directly back to whatever military direct source either MOD/DOD/Military Component. I can't say how many times I've posted those with my other references when submitting equipment out here. To put it "bluntly" and using a "modern metaphor" if it can be helped at all I refuse to be the one texting as I'm crossing the street and get hit by a car, fall in a man hole, trip into a fountain etc. etc. these things take time, they need to age like a good bottle of whiskey like my 12 year old Bushmills (You can only get it in Ireland.) that I don't plan to open until our 40th Anniversary in 9.5yrs.
Equipment is just like that. I've been guilty of over exuberance in the start of doing this work, the result, well that would be more work for Don and I. I'd rather at this point in the game see how much more Andy and Don can "squeeze" out of the software then have them fixing and deleting equipment the way we had to a few years back. That's no fun when you're trying to get new stuff in or modifying it which is easier then fixing it to draw the distinction between the two in this writing.
Sorry for venting and if I've offended anyone, my apologies. But sometimes "
clarity of purpose" at least to my mind doesn't always come gift wrapped in the paper of your choosing.
Some pictures of something I've been following since 2012 late and to avoid confusion with the still in production earlier model, someone will figure it out and yes that's an armored cab...
Good Night!
Regards,
Pat
