[SauronOfMordor]

To my eyes it seems smarter to budget money to build deep reserves of vehicles that have proven themselves rather than invest in new programs. (In regards to well defined things like troop-moving and such.)

If the Stryker won't resist .50 cal AP, there's little to recommend it over a stretched version of the Hummer with a TOW launcher on top. At least we can transport lots of those by air, and they have good cross-country capabilities

[mark502inf]

If the Stryker won't resist .50 cal AP, there's little to recommend it over a stretched version of the Hummer with a TOW launcher on top. At least we can transport lots of those by air, and they have good cross-country capabilities

The Stryker should have superior cross-country to HMMWVs--although as you say, the HMMWV is pretty good.

There's a lot more bad guys running around with 7.62 & 5.56, etc than with .50/.51 cal and the Stryker stops that stuff cold--as well as shell fragments--so on balance the Stryker is better deal than a HMMWV for the guys that have to ride in something.