M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle is a U.S. anti-tank missile carrier that is an

armored fighting vehicle An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities. AFVs can be wheeled or tracked. Examples of AFVs are tanks, armoured cars, ...

from the

Stryker The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III. Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario. It ...

family of vehicles. As the primary

tank destroyer A tank destroyer, tank hunter, tank killer, or self-propelled anti-tank gun is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a direct fire artillery gun or missile launcher, designed specifically to engage and destroy enemy tanks, often wi ...

system of the US Army's

Stryker Brigade Combat Team The brigade combat team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the U.S. Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branch maneuver brigade, and its assigned support and fire units. A brigade is normally commanded by a ...

(SBCT), the M1134 ATGM Vehicle reinforces the SBCT's infantry battalions, reinforces the SBCT reconnaissance squadron and provides long-range

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. Models with the double V-hull upgrade are known as the M1253 ATVV.

General

The M1134 Stryker ATGM Vehicle is part of a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian

LAV III The LAV III, originally named the Kodiak by the Canadian Army, is the third generation of the LAV (Canada), Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) family of armored personnel carriers built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, O ...

. Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems for the United States Army. The ATGM Vehicle provides an anti-armor overwatch capability that allows the

(SBCT) to concentrate on the use of M1126 infantry carrier vehicles to deploy soldiers in a manner that is relatively fast and protected. It is the primary tank destroyer of the SBCT, capable of defeating many armored threats up to 4 km away using the

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missile system. The ATGM Vehicle provides standoff for the SBCT by use of its

SACLOS Semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) is a method of missile command guidance. In SACLOS, the operator has to continually point a sighting device at the target while the missile is in flight. Electronics in the sighting device and/or th ...

guided missiles, which are effective at ranges equal to or exceeding those of most cannons,

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s, or small arms. It has 4-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all-wheel drive (8×8). The ATGM Vehicles are primarily operated by an independent Infantry company assigned to each of the Stryker brigades. In the 2nd and

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Stryker Cavalry Regiments, O

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is part of the

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Squadron Squadron may refer to: * Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies * Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, ...

. * 51st Infantry Regiment ** F Company: 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division * 52nd Infantry Regiment ** A Company: 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division ** B Company: 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division ** Hellcat Troop: 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division ** D Company: 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division ** F Company: 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division * 2/104th Cavalry Regiment ** D Troop: 56th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division,

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Operational capability

The M1134 ATGM Vehicle is based on the infantry carrier platform due to the close parallels of operational requirements and battlefield capabilities between the two systems. The M1134 is an organic vehicle to the ICV maneuver formation and helps maximize commonality of the platform while simultaneously reducing the maintenance footprint and variety of logistics support. The ATGM MAV's purpose is to provide the brigade's main tank killing capability firing heavy anti-tank missiles to defeat enemy armored vehicles at range before the enemy tanks can return fire. The intention is that the brigade's separate anti-tank company, equipped with the M1134, will reinforce the brigade's infantry battalions, form part of the brigade reserve, reinforce the brigade reconnaissance squadron in counter-reconnaissance action, and to counterattack the enemy's. This dedicated ATGM Vehicle allows the remainder of the brigade's MAV fleet to be optimized for specific capabilities that can function under the anti-tank overwatch umbrella. Of the 300 Stryker vehicles in a

, nine are M1134 anti-tank vehicles. As of May 2017, a Stryker Brigade Combat Team is equipped with three platoons of Mobile Gun System Strykers and three platoons of ATGM Strykers in its weapons troop.

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