Stryker Variants Deploy

Two upgunnedStryker infantry carrier vehicle variants will be deployed to Europein December to undergo operational tests. One, the 30 mm-armed 'Dragoon', has been developed by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and features Orbital ATK's 30 mm caliber XM813 Bushmaster dual feed automatic cannon fitted into Kongsberg's Medium Calibre Remote Controlled Turret (MC-RCT) and integrated on GDLS’ Strykers. GDLS expect to have 83 Stryker Dragoons completed by May 2018. The second type comes with Raytheon's Javelin anti-tank missiles on the Kongsberg Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS II), and 87 javelin-equipped units are planned. The vehicles were approved in 2015 in order to fit an operational need statement from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (known as the Dragoons) based at Vilseck in Germany.