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General Dynamics Rolls Out First Europe-Bound Cannon-Mounted Stryker Prototype

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

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General Dynamics Rolls Out First Europe-Bound Cannon-Mounted Stryker Prototype

XM1296 Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon (Photo by Dan Parsons)

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – As the first prototype Stryker armed with a 30mm cannon whipped through the parking lot of General Dynamics [GD] here, Col. William Rockefeller could already see the vehicle as it would be used on similar cold, dreary days in Eastern Germany.“We’re already pretty happy with the vehicle,” Rockefeller, deputy commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, said during the vehicle’s rollout ceremony on a cold, rainy Thursday that many in attendance likened to a normal day in…

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