M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle is a U.S.
anti-tank missile carrier An anti-tank missile carrier refers to an armored vehicle which serves as a tank destroyer utilizing anti-tank guided missiles, specifically designed for tactical situations demanding anti-tank warfare.
Some examples of such a vehicle include:
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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 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 ...
system of the US Army's
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), the M1134 ATGM Vehicle reinforces the SBCT's infantry battalions, reinforces the SBCT reconnaissance squadron and provides long-range
direct fire
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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 Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) family of armored personnel carriers built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, Ontario, base ...
.
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
Stryker Brigade Combat Team (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
TOW 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,
autocannon
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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
3rd
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Stryker Cavalry Regiments, O
Troop
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is part of the
Regiment
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al
RSTA
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Squadron.
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51st Infantry Regiment
** F Company: 1st Brigade,
1st Armored Division
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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
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2/104th Cavalry Regiment
** D Troop: 56th Brigade,
28th Infantry Division,
Pennsylvania Army National Guard
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
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 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.
See also
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MGM-166 LOSAT
The MGM-166 LOSAT (Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank) was a United States anti-tank missile system designed by Lockheed Martin (originally Vought) to defeat tanks and other individual targets. Instead of using a high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead like ...
, a canceled U.S. Army line-of-sight missile
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M1128 Mobile Gun System
The M1128 Mobile Gun System (MGS) is an eight-wheeled armored car of the Stryker armored fighting vehicle family, mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems for ...
, Stryker assault vehicle retired in 2022
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XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle, a U.S. Army Future Combat Systems unmanned ground combat vehicle canceled in 2011
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XM1202 Mounted Combat System, a U.S. Army tank canceled in 2011 that was part of the
Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles program
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M8 Armored Gun System
The M8 Armored Gun System (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR) of ...
, a U.S. Army light tank acquisition program canceled in 1996
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Mobile Protected Firepower, an ongoing U.S. Army light tank acquisition program
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Further reading
M1134 Stryker Anti-Tank Missile Carrier , Military-Today.com
External links
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