A Canadian soldier with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment was killed and four others injured when their light armored vehicle, very similar in many respects to the US Army's Stryker ...

This Stryker model is an eight-wheeled infantry support vehicle with a 105mm tank gun, based on Canada's LAV III armored vehicle. The Army developed it in the early 2000s.

February 28, 2015: In 2014 the South American nation of Colombia received 32 LAV III. 8x8 wheeled armored vehicles from Canada to replace their elderly M113 tracked and EE-11 6x6 wheeled vehicles. LAV ...

The basic LAV III is very similar to the Stryker light-armoured vehicle used by the United States in Iraq, not surprising since it is an offshoot of the LAV III design.

In service with the US Army, the platform is based on the GDLS Canada LAV III 8×8 light armoured vehicle, itself a version of the Piranha III built by Mowag of Switzerland, now part of GDLS ...

The LAV III was the basis for the American Stryker and both vehicles look very similar. That is, both weigh the same and are both 6.95 meters (22.92 feet) long, 2.72 meters (8.97 feet) high, and 2.64 ...

World Exclusive: GM Defense Stryker. ... Our Canadian LAV III test unit featured the slightly detuned version, reportedly putting out 350 horses, although it didn't have a chassis dyno.

It was created by General Dynamics Land Systems and followed shortly after 2001 Canada LAV III. The Stryker, which began its military career proper in Iraq in November 2003, would see a number of ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement announced its annual Light Armored Vehicles and Stryker conference will be held in Vienna, Va., Nov. 16. The IDGA ...

"The 25 ton -- 55,000 pound -- test platform is based on a LAV III Infantry Carrier Vehicle hull and retains maximum commonality with the existing LAV II/III-based systems, including the Stryker ...

General Dynamics Corporation has received a contract modification worth $133.5 million from the Government of Canada for the up gradation of 66 more LAV III vehicles.

World Exclusive: GM Defense Stryker. ... With an overall length about 3 feet shorter than a 1-ton long-bed crew cab, the LAV III has a 55-ft turning diameter, a top speed of 62 mph, ...