US Army fields new missile-armed Stryker in Europe
By
Dylan Malyasov
Oct 11, 2021
Modified date: 30 mins ago
Photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham
The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, part of the 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, is the first unit in the Army fields the first Hellfire and Stinger Missile-armed Stryker vehicle in Europe.
The new combat vehicle was designed to bring a new era of air and missile defense to fast-moving attack units by killing enemy drones, helicopters and incoming missiles.
According to a recent service news release, the 5th Battalion completed the first live-fire of the maneuver short-range air defense weapon system at the tactical unit level and the first-ever live-fire of the system in Europe on Oct. 7, 2021.
The week-long training took place at the Putlos Bundeswehr range on the Baltic Sea coast of Germany.
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