M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle

The M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle is a wheeled armored personnel carrier in the Stryker family. It is in service with the US Army.

M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle
M1127 Stryker RV.[1]
TypeArmored Personnel Carrier
Place of originUnited States
Specifications
MassICV: 16.47 t (18.12 sh tn)
MGS: 18.77 t (20.65 sh tn)
Length6.95 m (22.92 ft)
Width2.72 m (8.97 ft)
Height2.64 m (8.72 ft)
Crew2+6
Main
armament
M2 .50 caliber gun or MK19 40 mm grenade launcher
Secondary
armament
M240 7.62mm MG
Enginediesel
260 kW (350 hp)
Power/weightICV: 15.8 kW/t (19.3 hp/sh tn)
Suspension8×8 wheeled
Operational
range
500 km (300 mi)
Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph)

General

The RV provides an effective platform for RSTA Squadrons and battalion scouts to perform reconnaissance and surveillance operations. The RV accommodates seven personnel, including crew.

The platform is a key enabler for both sensor and HUMINT focused surveillance and intelligence operations.

The recce troop is organized into a headquarters section, a mortar section, and three recce platoons. Each of the recce platoons is organized with four Stryker reconnaissance vehicles, mounting either an M2 .50 cal or a Mk 19 40mm grenade launcher; the lead truck mounts a long range advance scout surveillance system alongside its main weapon. Each vehicle carries a squad consisting of a 3-man vehicle crew and a 4-man scout squad for dismounted reconnaissance (6-man squad if augmented with linguist). Each recce squad in the platoon has assigned a human intelligence collector (35M HUMINT). The mortar section consists of four 120-mm self-propelled mortars (Stryker variant) and a fire direction center.

Operational capabilities

The MAV Reconnaissance vehicle is based on the ICV variant. The Reconnaissance vehicle is based on the ICV platform due to the close parallels of operational requirements and battlefield capabilities between the two systems. The Reconnaissance vehicle is an organic vehicle to the ICV maneuver formation and helps maximize the commonality of the platform, while simultaneously reducing the maintenance footprint and variety of logistics support.

Sources

This article incorporates work from https://web.archive.org/web/20120730024343/http://www.sbct.army.mil/Reconnaissance-vehicle.html, which is in the public domain as it is a work of the United States Military.

gollark: Minoteaur 8 (inevitable) will probably be in Rust or Nim.
gollark: I could also do fun A/B-tests on unsuspecting users more easily.
gollark: Minoteaur 6 was written in it.
gollark: I HAVE used this before. And accursedly patched it.
gollark: I could make the comment system not involve accursed JS as much, make the theming features nicer, that sort of thing.

See also

References
  1. "Army Fact File - Stryker". Archived from the original on 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2006-07-31.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.