Please don't cripple the Stryker

[Eddie Baker]

Is it amphibious???

No. There is a swim kit available for the LAV-III/Piranha III series, but the US did not acquire it for the Stryker.

[Tirak]

HAT is also anti structure, it makes sense to have it on maps without tanks so you can take out bunkers and firebases at range.

[ostupidman]

Very true Tirak.

[Charity Case]

Well, going back to my original suggestion, I'm happy to hear the mechanized infantry squad will be alive and well in .8 because that's precisely why I made this thread. My concern is that six man mechanized squads including a Stryker won't be feasible/useful because of the amount of manpower the squad will have to dedicate to the vehicle in return for a relatively small increase in firepower. And I'm not trying to deny the mobility or usefulness of the Stryker in real life, just questioning if players will find it useful in-game. In any case, it sounds as if there are some other significant changes being made to the ways APCs and infantry interact so I'm going to withhold further judgment until I get some (virtual) hands-on experience with the Stryker.

On the topic of HAT, I'm glad to hear it will be getting a much needed nerf. While I have no idea what it's capabilities will be in .8; I'm betting it will be much more of a specialist weapon than it currently is. As with the Stryker, I'll wait until .8 before I decide whether I think it needs changing. But if it does, I think removing it from maps which don't feature armor would probably be a good idea.

*Edit*

Tirak, unless things have changed, the LAT will be able to "wreck" bunkers/fire bases with one hit in .8, so the HAT will be less useful when assaulting emplacements.

[Highstakes72]

I was part of the 172nd Stryker brigade combat team. I have been through 4 ieds one of which was an iranian EFP that put me in the hospital. I would like to point out something about the stryker.

1. Its not a humvee....it is faster than any of them
2. It not a tank....... its faster that ANY of them
3. Its turning radius is tighter than a humvee
4. It is extremely quiet

A real stryker at least the ICV and MCV-A,B,and C. has a driver (infantry guy) a commander (another infantry guy)and 9 other guys (infantry) riding in the back. So be careful how intensive you make the operation of the digital version.

[Garmax]

so how tough is a stryker? compared to a tank or humvee per say..