What is a Stryker in the Army?
The Stryker interim armored vehicle (IAV) is a 19-ton, eight-wheeled armored vehicle that provides the Army a family of ten different vehicles on a common chassis. The Stryker comprises two variants – the Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) and the Mobile Gun System (MGS).
How many strykers does a company have?
Stryker Infantry Rifle Company (3 Stryker Infantry Platoons, 1 MGS Platoon, 1 Mortar Section, HQ)
How much does a LAV 6 cost?
Saudi Arabia will receive 900 modified LAV-III, known as the LAV VI (marketed as the LAV “6.0”), for 15 billion dollars. Some of the 900 combat vehicles will be fitted with an autoloading 105 mm anti-tank gun, known as the Cockerill CT-CV 105HP Weapon System (gun and turret).
What does LAV stand for Military?
Light Armored Vehicle
How much does a LAV cost?
LAV III Kodiak
| Last Contracts: | |
|---|---|
| Qnt | Unit cost |
| 39 | $282,051 |
| 294 | $2,040,816 |
| Average Unit Cost: | $1,850,891 |
Can LAVs float?
LAVs don’t float, they slowly sink.
What vehicles do Marines use?
Active use
- HMMWV.
- Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement.
- Mercedes-Benz G Class/Interim Fast Attack Vehicle.
- Growler.
- MRZR-D.
- Logistics Vehicle System.
- Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR)
- Light Armored Vehicle.
What are LAV vehicles?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) is a series of vehicles built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, Ontario based subsidiary of General Dynamics.
How many people can fit in a LAV 25?
Marine Corps fielded the LAV-25, a wheeled light armoured vehicle with all-terrain capabilities. The LAV-25 weighs 12.8 tons, has a three-man crew, can carry six infantrymen, and is armed with a turret-mounted 25-mm chain gun and two 7.62-mm machine guns.
What is a lav6?
The LAV 6.0 is the designation given by the Canadian Army to its enhanced LAV III platform, upgraded specifically to respond to requirements emerging from a decade of in-theatre experience in Afghanistan. The LAV 6.0 is equipped with an upgraded, next-generation 6.0 suspension and a 450-hp power pack.
How many tanks does Canada have?
Canada has about 50 surplus Leopard 1C2 battle tanks and 11 Leopard 1 armoured engineering vehicles left over from the original batch of about 127 Leopard 1s Canada purchased, beginning in 1978.
How much weight do Canadian soldiers carry?
36 kilograms per man
Can you own a military tank in Canada?
For good, bad, or ugly, it is illegal in Canada to deprive your neighbour of surface runoff water from your property. For that reason it is illegal to own a tank in Canada. I assume you mean the military tank, not a water storage tank. The answer is yes as long as the weapons cannot work.