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Stryker vehicles arrive at Gap

Jun- 9-2006 » Filed Under: 56th SBCT

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By BRAD RHEN, Lebanon Daily News

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP — The Army’s new Stryker vehicles have arrived.

Twenty-one of the vehicles are now at the Gap, where they are being fitted with cutting-edge communications equipment and are being used to train National Guard soldiers.

Over the next two years, 300 more vehicles will arrive to be fitted with gear before being shipped to Guard units around the state.

The Stryker is a 19-ton, eight-wheeled vehicle that can travel up to 62.5 mph. It comes in 10 variants, including an infantry-carrier vehicle, a medical evacuation vehicle and a command vehicle.

The vehicles are the centerpiece of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, one of seven such units in the Army and the only one in the Reserves or National Guard.


Comments For "Stryker vehicles arrive at Gap":

thanks,for all you do!I am so proud of all of our soldiers,my Son is a Stryker and is in Mosul.Be safe and remember,God's hands are around each of you,with deepest gratitude,Houston Stryker Mom

Posted by: houstonstrykermom [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 10, 2006 6:20 AM

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