The United States received the first batch of new Stryker armored personnel carriers with a Samson combat module, it is produced by the Israeli company Rafael

The US Armed Forces received the first batch of new Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle wheeled armored personnel carriers

(ICVVA1).

What is known

The cars were transferred to the US Army testing center,which is located in Aberdeen, Maryland. The manufacturing company Oshkosh Defense does not name the number of armored personnel carriers received, but it is known that the contract is for 7 vehicles. They will be tested until June 2023. If all goes according to plan, the Stryker Double-V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle will enter service in late 2023.

If you, suddenly, did not know

Stryker is a family of wheeled combat vehicles.armored vehicles. Such armored personnel carriers are used by the mechanized forces of the US Army. Stryker is based on the Canadian LAV III armored personnel carrier, which, in turn, is a deep modernization of the Swiss Piranha III 8×8 armored personnel carrier.

Regarding the Stryker Double-V Hull InfantryCarrier Vehicle, then this is the latest modification of the armored personnel carrier. It boasts an updated 30mm Samson combat module. It is being developed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems together with Pratt Miller.

Source: Oshkosh Defense