Army Fires New Stryker 30mm Cannon – Preps for Major Land War

The Army is firing off its new Stryker-mounted 30mm cannon to qualify the weapon, assess new airburst ammunition and prepare the infantry carrier for a wide range of anticipated high-intensity future combat contingencies.

Several prototypes of the emerging 30mm armed Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle, called the Dragoon, have been received by Army developers as part of a long-term “Stryker Lethality” program.

By Kris Osborn – Warrior Maven

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The new weapons are designed to support infantry units on the move in major combat, assist ground formations in armored warfare, identify and destroy ground and air threats from greater stand-off ranges and better enable the Army to succeed, if necessary, against near-peer adversaries in a massive, mechanized major power warfare scenario.

A fast-changing global threat scenario, which includes the emergence of Russian aggression and accelerated Chinese military modernization – along with rapid global proliferation of attack drones and longer-range precision-guided weapons – led the Army to fast-track an Operational Needs Statement (ONS) effort to quickly design, integrate and deploy a much more lethal, high-tech, combat-capable Stryker vehicle. .

“The Stryker Lethality ONS effort is going extremely well. Vehicle build is ahead of schedule, gun and ammo are in qualification, all eight prototypes have been delivered, and the first production vehicle will is on the line at Anniston Army Depot,” Ashley Givens, spokeswoman for the Army’s Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems, told Scout Warrior.