US army vehicle too heavy for cargo plane

[Newsreader]

The weight of the Stryker, the US Army's new armoured vehicle, significantly restricts the flight range of the C-130 cargo aircraft that transports it, say congressional investigators.


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Under certain conditions, the weight of the eight-wheeled Stryker vehicle makes it impossible for the military cargo planes to take off. "The Stryker's average weight of 38,000 pounds ... reduces the size force that could be deployed," according to a report from the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. Friday's GAO report also said a C-130 carrying a Stryker would not be able to take off from all locations in higher elevations during daytime hours in summer.


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The Stryker is a full-time four-wheel drive, selective eight-wheel drive, armoured vehicle weighing approximately 19 tons. It can reach speeds of 62 mph on the road, has a maximum range of 312 miles, and is meant to be transportable aboard C-130 and bigger payload aircraft.

[maddo]

typical american style overkill.
one report has said that they could half the total weight by removing the mc'donalds burger bar from in the boot.

[jjsaul]

and the Starbucks from the front...

[RPGreg2600]

Hey hey hey!

I can't remember the last time I went to Mcdonalds, their food sucks, it tastes like crap and sits under heat lamps all day. And I've never even tasted starbucks coffe. Not all Americans are fat fast food eating pigs.

And I'd rather ride in the Stryker than in a HUMMER or Land Rover if I was stuck in Iraq. Just look at all the poor *******s getting blown up because their Hummers have no armor and any idiot with a bit of explosives can blow them up as they pass on the road.

[jjsaul]

Fair enough :)

[swag298]

typical american style overkill.

We're guilty of it too.
The new Bowman radio system is far too heavy for a Wolf. You have to limit the amount of people and kit in the vehicle to keep within the weight limits.

swag

[maddo]

"We're guilty of it too"
well we are little america

[burble]

We're guilty of it too.
The new Bowman radio system is far too heavy for a Wolf. You have to limit the amount of people and kit in the vehicle to keep within the weight limits.

swag

Bowman; currently known in certain company as Better Off With Map And Nokia!!! :bigun2:

[swag298]

Andover? DLO perhaps?

swag

[burble]

Yup. Right on both counts!