Profile
- Type
- 8x8 armored personnel carrier family
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Origin
- United States / Canada
- Service note
- Modern wheeled armored vehicle family
Armored Vehicles
Stryker
The Stryker is an eight-wheeled General Dynamics armored vehicle family built around protected infantry mobility, common variants, and rapid road movement. In the Russia-Ukraine War, U.S.-supplied Stryker APCs expanded Ukraine's Western armored-vehicle fleet for troop transport, assault support, and obstacle-breaching packages when paired with mine rollers.
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Built by
- General Dynamics Land Systems
- Built in
- CanadaUnited States
Service History
- In service
- In U.S. Army service from 2002; supplied to Ukraine from 2023
- Used by
- Ukrainian Armed Forces, United States Army
- Wars
- Russia-Ukraine War
Production History
- Designer
- General Dynamics Land Systems / General Motors Defense
- Designed
- Late 1990s-early 2000s
- Built by
- General Dynamics Land Systems
- Built in
- CanadaUnited States
- Variants
- M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle, M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle, M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle, M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle
Specifications
- Crew and passengers
- Typical infantry carrier configuration carries a crew plus a 9-man infantry squad
- Armament
- Variant dependent; infantry carrier vehicles can mount a .50 cal machine gun, 40 mm grenade launcher, or other remote weapon station weapons
- Mobility
- 8x8 wheeled drivetrain, run-flat tires, governed top speed about 62.5 mph, and about 330 mi cruising range
- Engine
- 350 hp Caterpillar diesel engine on baseline Stryker vehicles
- Protection
- High-hardness steel structure with add-on armor and spall liner; later variants add survivability upgrades
Conflict Usage
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Side: Ukraine
The United States committed 90 Stryker armored personnel carriers with mine rollers to Ukraine in January 2023, pairing them with Bradley IFVs to equip two brigades of armored capability.
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CV90Tracked infantry fighting vehicleThe CV90 is a Swedish tracked infantry fighting vehicle family built by BAE Systems Hägglunds for protected troop movement and direct-fire support. In Ukrainian service, Swedish-donated CV90s add a heavily armed Western IFV with strong cross-country mobility, a crewed turret, and support arrangements for training, maintenance, and additional vehicles.
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Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for UkrainePublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Supports Russia-Ukraine War direct transfer context for the January 2023 U.S. commitment of 90 Stryker APCs with mine rollers to Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-06-19Stryker Combat VehiclesPublisher: General Dynamics Land Systems | Note: Supports manufacturer background, Stryker family role, variant descriptions, mobility, survivability, and baseline specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-19Stryker ICV front q.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for a U.S. Army public-domain image of an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle. | Accessed: 2026-06-19