Stryker vehicles [Image 12 of 23]

MOSUL, IRAQ

04.13.2004

Photo by Staff Sgt. Gretel Weiskopf 

139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

A platoon of Stryker vehicles moves through the city of Mosul, the third largest city in Iraq. The eight-wheeled, 350-horsepower, diesel engine Stryker vehicle is the Army?s newest tactical fighting vehicle being used for the first time in combat operations by the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) based in northern Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The Stryker vehicle is being utilized in combat operations in seven different variations, the Infantry Carrier vehicle, the Anti-Tank Guided Missile vehicle, the Medical Evacuation vehicle, the Mortar Carrier vehicle, the Command vehicle, the Reconnaissance vehicle, and the Fire Support vehicle.
-- IPTC Data ------------------
Creation Date: 20040802
Position: 139th Mobile Public Affairs Deta
Credit: Spc. Gretel Sharpee
Source: 139th Mobile Public Affairs Deta

• Date Taken: 04.13.2004
• Date Posted: 08.02.2004 14:51
• Photo ID: 716
• Resolution: 2000x1312
• Size: 164.19 KB
• Location: MOSUL, IQ