STRYKER MOBILE GUN SYSTEM IN ACTION: This 2nd Armored Cavalry M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) is conducting gunnery training at Grafenwoehr, Germany. The vehicle is armed with a 105 mm main gun, a modified version of the 105 mm mounted on my old M60A1 (1975). Technically the Stryker MGS is a fire support vehicle — it is definitely not a main battle tank. This report from 2006 describes the MGS vehicle and why the U.S. Army bought it to complement the Stryker M1126 infantry carrier.

Here’s another photo of a Stryker MGS taken in February 2008 in Iraq.