{"id":24459,"date":"2025-02-06T10:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T04:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24459"},"modified":"2025-04-07T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:12:16","slug":"stryker-armoured-infantry-combat-vehicles-icvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/stryker-armoured-infantry-combat-vehicles-icvs\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Stryker armoured infantry combat vehicles (ICVs)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicles Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Amid the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister to Washington DC, several defence deals in the pipeline are in focus, among them the deal for co-production of Stryker infantry combat vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stryker is a family of <strong>eight-wheel-drive combat vehicles\u00a0<\/strong> built for the <strong>US Army.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>jointly developed by <\/strong>General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) <strong>Canada and <\/strong>the General Dynamics Land Systems Division in the <strong>United States.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was the <strong>first new military vehicle inducted into US Army<\/strong> service <strong>since the Abrams tank <\/strong>in the 1980s.<\/li>\n<li>The Stryker family includes <strong>various configurations <\/strong>such as <strong>Infantry Carrier Vehicle <\/strong>(ICV), <strong>Mobile Gun System<\/strong> (MGS), <strong>medical evacuation vehicle, <\/strong>fire support vehicle, anti-tank guided missile carrier, and reconnaissance vehicle, among others.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>These vehicles are valued for their <strong>speed and flexibility<\/strong>, particularly in <strong>urban warfare <\/strong>and quick response scenarios.<\/li>\n<li>Stryker can be <strong>transported <\/strong>on the ground <strong>using trucks or by air on C-17<\/strong> and <strong>C-130 aircraft<\/strong> already in the Indian Air Force fleet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicles Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Armament<\/strong>: Equipped with a 30 mm cannon and a 105 mm mobile gun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hull Construction:<\/strong> V-hull made of high-hardness steel with an additional layer of ceramic tile armor for enhanced protection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crew and Capacity: Operated by a two-person crew<\/strong> and <strong>can carry a nine-man <\/strong>infantry squad.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Range: 483 kilometers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Top Speed:<\/strong> Approximately <strong>100 km\/h.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicles FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Can a Stryker destroy a tank?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Stryker is lightly armored and does not have a mounted gun capable of destroying tanks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is a C-130 aircraft?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The C-130 Hercules is a versatile, four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin for cargo, troop transport, medical evacuation, and tactical missions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is an Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. An Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) is an armored transport vehicle designed to safely move infantry troops into combat zones while providing protection and mobility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/stryker-infantry-vehicle-deal-with-us-progresses-javelin-missile-to-be-demonstrated-again\/article69184833.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stryker is a family of eight-wheel-drive combat vehicles  built for the US Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}