A guy on another site posted a link to a video made when he was in US Army Special Operations. It's a way cool video but what is interesting from an armor perspective are a few brief clips that show (what I am assuming to be) Delta operators driving around somewhere in Iraq in a tan painted Stryker, with no slat armor. At least I think it's a Stryker, the shot is pretty quick, maybe it's a LAV III? Any info is appreciated. Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogOl-07wTvc

I found this

LAV 300

Not really. The Rangers have used Strykers. in Iraq.

Delta has Austria Pandur II armored cars, bought as a result of Somalia. They are specific to Special Operations.

Looks a lot like an AVGP Grizzly to me..

That's what I thought initially too, G. But it looks weird, like the wheels were photoshopped. Hull is different - vision ports, different engine hatch and grill, but turret looks the same.

Jim

The video looks like a 6x6 Pandur to me. I think they have been in Iraq since 2005 with Delta and SF....maybe even earlier.

The LAV 300 have been around since the 1980s. It was used by Kuwait, the Phillipines, and a few were captured or destroyed during the Panama invasion. Consider it a juiced up version of the 4x4 LAV 150 Commando.

Its a 6x6 Pandur based Armored Ground Mobility System as already mentioned.

Kind of hard to mistake for a Stryker when it has 8 wheels. Yes it is a Pandur 6X6 as mentioned. Screen grabs.





Here are some in transit.



Google search on the Pandur 6X6.

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1408&bih=636&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=Pandur+6X6&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=