M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle

M1127 Stryker RV.[1]

Type| Armored Personnel Carrier–Reconnaissance vehicle hybrid
Place of origin| United States /Canada
Specifications
Mass| ICV: 16.47 tonnes (18.12 short tons; 16.21 long tons)
MGS: 18.77 tonnes (20.65 short tons; 18.47 long tons)
Length| 6.95 m (22.92 ft)
Width| 2.72 m (8.97 ft)
Height| 2.64 m (8.72 ft)
Crew| 3+4

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Armour| 14.5 mm[1]

Main
armament

| .50 cal M2 heavy machine gun or MK19 40 mm grenade launcher

Secondary
armament

| 7.62mm M240 machine gun
Engine| diesel
260 kW (350 hp)
Power/weight| ICV: 15.8 kW/t (19.3 hp/sh tn)
Suspension| 8×8 wheeled

Operational
range

| 500 km (300 mi)
Speed| 100 km/h (62 mph)

The M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) is a wheeled armored personnel carrier in the Stryker family, developed and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada (GDLS-C) and is currently in service with the US Army.

## Contents

* 1 General
* 2 Operational capabilities
* 3 Sources
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## General

The RV provides an effective platform for RSTA Squadrons and battalion scouts to perform reconnaissance and surveillance operations. The RV accommodates seven personnel, including crew.

The platform is a key enabler for both sensor and HUMINT focused surveillance and intelligence operations.[jargon]

The recce troop is organized into a headquarters section, a mortar section, and three recce platoons. Each of the recce platoons is organized with four Stryker reconnaissance vehicles, mounting either a 12.7 mm M2 .50 cal or a Mk 19 40 mm grenade launcher; the lead truck mounts a long range advanced scout surveillance system alongside its main weapon. Each vehicle carries a squad consisting of a 3-man vehicle crew and a 4-man scout squad for dismounted reconnaissance (6-man squad if augmented with linguist). Each recce squad in the platoon has assigned a human intelligence collector (35M HUMINT). The mortar section consists of four 120-mm self-propelled mortars (Stryker variant) and a fire direction center.

## Operational capabilities

The MAV Reconnaissance vehicle is based on the ICV variant. The Reconnaissance vehicle is based on the ICV platform due to the close parallels of operational requirements and battlefield capabilities between the two systems. The Reconnaissance vehicle is an organic vehicle to the ICV maneuver formation and helps maximize the commonality of the platform, while simultaneously reducing the maintenance footprint and variety of logistics support.

## Sources

This article incorporates work from https://web.archive.org/web/20120730024343/http://www.sbct.army.mil/Reconnaissance-vehicle.html, which is in the public domain as it is a work of the United States Military.

## See also

* Future Scout and Cavalry System, a joint UK–U.S. reconnaissance vehicle canceled in 2001

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Army Fact File - Stryker". Archived from the original on 2006-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20060727105508/http://www.army.mil/fact_files_site/stryker/index.html. Retrieved 2006-07-31.

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