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'''Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT)''' are combat units, under the [[Restructuring of the United States Army]], designed for medium-intensity fighting in [[Stryker (armored fighting vehicle)|Stryker-family wheeled armored fighting vehicles]]. They have more tactical mobility and firepower than the [[Light Brigade Combat Team]]s, but also can be carried by medium transport aircraft such as the [[C-130 Hercules]], which the [[Heavy Brigade Combat Team]]s cannot. | '''Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT)''' are combat units, under the [[Restructuring of the United States Army]], designed for medium-intensity fighting in [[Stryker (armored fighting vehicle)|Stryker-family wheeled armored fighting vehicles]]. They have more tactical mobility and firepower than the [[Light Brigade Combat Team]]s, but also can be carried by medium transport aircraft such as the [[C-130 Hercules]], which the [[Heavy Brigade Combat Team]]s cannot. | ||
==Command and control== | |||
The unit is commanded by a [[colonel]]. | |||
All vehicles are fully digitized and part of the [[Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below]] network providing a [[common operational picture]]. | |||
==Combat arms units== | ==Combat arms units== | ||
Standard maneuver forces are three Stryker infantry and one Scout/Cavalry/[[Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron (Brigade Combat Team)|Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron]]. | Standard maneuver forces are three Stryker infantry and one Scout/Cavalry/[[Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron (Brigade Combat Team)|Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:06, 26 July 2010
Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) are combat units, under the Restructuring of the United States Army, designed for medium-intensity fighting in Stryker-family wheeled armored fighting vehicles. They have more tactical mobility and firepower than the Light Brigade Combat Teams, but also can be carried by medium transport aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules, which the Heavy Brigade Combat Teams cannot.
Command and control
The unit is commanded by a colonel.
All vehicles are fully digitized and part of the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below network providing a common operational picture.
Combat arms units
Standard maneuver forces are three Stryker infantry and one Scout/Cavalry/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron.
Fire support comes from a Stryker antitank company using TOW missiles aboard M1134 anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) vehicles, a 120mm mortar unit with M1129 mortar carriers (MC), and a battery armed with the M777 howitzer lightweight 155mm howitzer. The scout unit has extensive target acquisition capability for the indirect fire weapons.
Brigade Special Troops Battalion
Controlling a variety of combat support functions, the Special Troops Battalion includes:
- Combat engineer company with M1132 engineer squad vehicles (ESV) and Interim High-Mobility Engineering Excavators
- Military Intelligence Company
- Signals company
- Headquarters including military police, transportation and medical elements