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BAE Systems successfully tests guided projectile | BAE Systems
 

 
 

It has a name!
 
 
By the way and just for the record, here's a list of the double-V hull A1 Stryker type names:
M1251A1 FSVVA1 (fire support) M1252A1 MCVVA1 (mortar carrier) M1253A1 ATVVA1 (ATGM carrier) M1254A1 MEVVA1 (medevac/casevac) M1255A1 CVVA1 (command) M1256A1 ICVVA1 (infantry carrier) M1257A1 ESVVA1 (engineer squad) >> Source <<
 
The variants underneath are the ones that remain, for now, flat bottom hull version-only. (tweet)
M1127 RV (Recon) M1128 MGS M1135 NBCRV XM1296 ICVD (Stryker Dragoon)  
Armor magazine cover with an early depiction of the MPF. More GDLS-MPF than BAE-PV.
 

General Dynamics Land Systems Awarded $258 Million by U.S. Army for 26 Additional M10 Booker Combat Vehicles
July 6, 2023
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Also, here's an official CG of the M1A2 SEPv4, from one of GDLS' recruitment ads.
 

 
Some on Twitter have noted that the LFP seems to stick out by a tiny little bit, but I'm not sure it indicates increased plate thickness. It could simply be a flaw in the 3D model.

@Wiedzmin A bit tricky, but...!
 
M1126 GDLS brochure from around 2002(????), but uploaded 2013: https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/strykericv_spec.pdf
 
M1126 ICV
Length: 275 inches
Width: 107 inches
Height: 104 inches (M151 RWS presumably included)
GVW: 38,000 lbs
Combat Weight: 49,500lbs
3.5 suspension

M1256A1 ICVVA1 (DVH-A1)
Length: 288 inches
Width: 150 inches (external hull storage baskets included)
Height: 129 inches (M153A4 CROWS-J ECP 2a RWS included)
60,000lbs-rated 6.0 suspension (semi active) with larger tires (Source, page 34)
 
Planned hulls with weight/suspension/powertrain ratings (go to page 20)
 
And for those interested, the M1128 MGS' spec sheet: https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/strykermgs_spec.pdf
 
Unfortunately, my (summary) exploration of DTIC and NDIA didn't cough up any pdf containing some convenient CG like the one above, and I wasn't going to settle for stuff found on GlobalSecurity or Wikipedia. :-/
Hope it helps nonetheless.
 
EDIT: the M1126 data supposedly incorporates the M151 RWS' height, but I cannot say for certain that it truly does. Checking pictures showing dismounted infantry standing next to a Stryker ICV left me with some lingering doubts, but then I don't know what's the average height for these guys in the first place, so viewer opinions on the matter might differ.

@Wiedzmin A bit tricky, but...!
 
M1126 GDLS brochure from around 2002(????), but uploaded 2013: https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/strykericv_spec.pdf
 
M1126 ICV
Length: 275 inches
Width: 107 inches
Height: 104 inches (M151 RWS presumably included)
GVW: 38,000 lbs
Combat Weight: 49,500lbs
3.5 suspension

M1256A1 ICVVA1 (DVH-A1)
Length: 288 inches
Width: 150 inches (external hull storage baskets included)
Height: 129 inches (M153A4 CROWS-J ECP 2a RWS included)
60,000lbs-rated 6.0 suspension (semi active) with larger tires (Source, page 34)
 
Planned hulls with weight/suspension/powertrain ratings (go to page 20)
 
And for those interested, the M1128 MGS' spec sheet: https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/strykermgs_spec.pdf
 
Unfortunately, my (summary) exploration of DTIC and NDIA didn't cough up any pdf containing some convenient CG like the one above, and I wasn't going to settle for stuff found on GlobalSecurity or Wikipedia. :-/
Hope it helps nonetheless.
 
EDIT: the M1126 data supposedly incorporates the M151 RWS' height, but I cannot say for certain that it truly does. Checking pictures showing dismounted infantry standing next to a Stryker ICV left me with some lingering doubts, but then I don't know what's the average height for these guys in the first place, so viewer opinions on the matter might differ.

Unfortunately he was not allowed to film the inside of the M10 Booker as it is a combat vehicle in active service. :-/

Unfortunately he was not allowed to film the inside of the M10 Booker as it is a combat vehicle in active service. :-/

Unfortunately he was not allowed to film the inside of the M10 Booker as it is a combat vehicle in active service. :-/

I suppose GDLS is going with the contender it previously submitted. What was it again -- the Griffin III with 50mm autocannon?
 
Speaking of GDLS:
 

 
 
Source: General Dynamics Land Systems receives $712 million order for Stryker DVHA1 vehicles – General Dynamics Land Systems (gdls.com)
 
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I suppose GDLS is going with the contender it previously submitted. What was it again -- the Griffin III with 50mm autocannon?
 
Speaking of GDLS:
 

 
 
Source: General Dynamics Land Systems receives $712 million order for Stryker DVHA1 vehicles – General Dynamics Land Systems (gdls.com)
 
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Jane's and Soldat und Technik says it's the XM291 with the 120mm gun tube, Soldat un Technik says the photo is from 1988 and Jane's says it's from 1987.
Indeed, it looks very identical to the ATAS ATD I, even the bore evacuator looks similar compared to the ATAS ATD l drawing and way it's smaller than the CATTB's bore evacuator

 


 
 

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If you're referring to the M256 vs XM291 comparison, it can be found here: 20184655MNBT989107254F026170I002.pdf | DocDroid
 
Speaking of Abrams variants -- once upon a time, a certain duo made of Asher H. Sharoni and Lawrence D. Bacon (yes -- the very same pair who cooked up the Abrams AGDS with the twin Oerlikons and ADATS missile launchers) doodled another paper tank: the Abrams L52 Howitzer Concept.
 

 
Obviously, this went nowhere as it was merely a what-if concept -- besides, the Army was already busy developing the ultimately ill-fated XM2001 Crusader. Anyway, this article was published in the Armor magazine, November-December 95 edition.
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...While skimming through it, I was quite horrifyingly reminded that this was the same magazine where a certain...M113 Simp...I mean, Mike Sparks, also penned down his fever dreams (in Nov-Dec 95, it was an argument to make a HMMWV version of the recoilless rifle-slinging M38A1C...and, a few pages further, there was also a rebuttal, by a Ft Lewis captain, of Sparks' love for the M113, his opinion of how Bradleys should be used as well as his arbitrary use of the name "Gavin"). Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find some Clorox for my eyes?

Here's the whole thread:
 
 

Here's the whole thread:
 
 

Here's the whole thread:
 
 

Here's the whole thread:
 
 

^--- I gotta say, that's a nice-looking camouflage pattern and netting right there.
 

Follow-on to Challenger...with a T-72/90-style carousel and autoloader:
 

^--- I gotta say, that's a nice-looking camouflage pattern and netting right there.