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Double V hulled Strykers?
IrishGreek
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 08:40 AM UTC
Hi all,

I was reading this story Stryker Story and was wondering if any of the kits out there represent the Double-V hulled Strykers?

Also, I didn't know that the Army hasn't put the MGS on full rate production.

Thanks.

John

Edit:Updated the link to show work...
didgeboy
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 09:14 AM UTC
john, I believe that this is a new "conversion" and had not yet seen styrene. A buddy of mine was just mentioning this to me the other day and from what he said these have not yet been fielded. Cheers.
jwest21
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 09:20 AM UTC
No V-hulled Stryker kits or conversion. Here's hoping
jwest21
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 09:21 AM UTC
as for them not being fielded yet, according to this they are being introduced already in A-stan:
http://www.stripes.com/news/fleet-of-double-v-hull-strykers-growing-in-afghanistan-1.162942
IrishGreek
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 09:25 AM UTC
Yea, the Stryker story that I linked to in the beginning had me thinking that they had already seen service and actually been hit by IEDs too. Something like 700 of them over there and almost 40 hit. No fatals to the crews though, although the last story said there had been some... that sucks.

Edit: sorry buying almost 750 of them...
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