Fort Carson brigade to trade in tanks for 8-wheeled Strykers

[unhappycamper]

http://gazette.com/fort-carson-brigade-to-trade-in-tanks-for-8-wheeled-strykers/article/1513115

Fort Carson brigade to trade in tanks for 8-wheeled Strykers
By Tom Roeder Published: January 22, 2014 | 5:50 pm

A Fort Carson brigade will trade its tanks for eight-wheeled Stryker combat vehicles in a move that will make the 4th Infantry Division among the most flexible units in the Army.

After the change, the division will have armored, infantry and Stryker brigades, creating a force that can be tailored to meet various global threats. The post's 1st Brigade Combat team will get the vehicles in as little as two months.

"The conversion, scheduled to begin in March 2014, is being made to achieve a needed operational mix of brigade combat teams within the Army, and will take an estimated 10 months to complete," the Army said in a news release.

Fort Carson officials say the move will benefit the post in several ways.



unhappycamper comment: No mention was made of what they are going to do with the (at $10 million dollar) M-1 tanks.

[boomer55]

1. Garden planters?

[bemildred]

2. Good for target practice. Can anchor the corners of really big tents. nt