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The M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV), the most common of the Stryker family, appears in the Twilight: 2013 Core Rulebook. This page provides game stats and a handful of special rules for the other models in the Stryker line.

Special Rules (all Strykers): Several Stryker variants have a modular remote weapon mount, which is considered an unmanned remote turret for game purposes. This mount will accept a FN MAG, M2HB, or Mk. 19 AGL. The mounted weapon cannot be reloaded from under armor; a crewman or passenger must open a top hatch to access the mount.

In addition, the Stryker's central tire inflation system (CTIS) and runflat tires enable it to retain mobility in the face of damage that would cripple other wheeled vehicles. As long as the CTIS is functional, a Stryker with two major suspension damage results can still move at ¼ normal speed. A third major suspension damage result or loss of the CTIS immobilizes the vehicle. For game purposes, the CTIS also includes the Stryker's height management unit (HMU), which allows the crew to lower the suspension a few dozen centimeters for air transport or better use of cover; this has no game effect but may be a narrative detail in some situations.

The scout variant of the Stryker platform replaces the remote weapon mount with a powered traverse ring containing an LRAS3 sensor pod and a weapons mount. Typically, the M1127 carries four to six dismounts, with the remaining passenger space used for extra supplies.

The LRAS3 (Long-Range Advance Scout Surveillance System) is an electronic observation equipment pod. It contains a variable-magnification (Mag-1 to Mag-3) daylight television camera, a variable-magnification (Mag-1 to Mag-3) thermal imager, a laser rangefinder, a military GPS receiver, and an interferometer (a device that uses optical and GPS inputs to calculate a target's location based on the interferometer's own location). Any of the pod's sensor input can be rebroadcast from the vehicle (in game terms, the tactical data link allows this). An LRAS3 variant used on fire support vehicles also contains a laser designator. In the Stryker family, the M1127 has the basic LRAS3 and the M1131 has the fire support variant.

In the M1127 and M1131 Stryker variants, the LRAS3 is mounted at the commander's hatch, sharing space with the same rotating ring that holds the weapon mount. The commander can control the LRAS3 from his crew station within the vehicle, though the weapon mount requires him to be behind the gun to fire. For game purposes, the LRAS3 has AV 2 and provides 25% cover to the front of the weapons mount (cumulative with the gun shield) and 75% cover to its left side. Whenever a hit penetrates it, one of its sensor systems (select randomly) is destroyed.

The LRAS3 also can be dismounted from the vehicle and used remotely. The unit weighs 55 kg and, when dismounted, runs on a battery pack containing six military manpack radio rechargeable batteries (total weight 10 kg and a charge lasts 10 hours). An LRAS3 vehicle mount includes a 20-meter remote data cable for connecting the pod to the vehicle's monitors and commo systems. Crews using the pod dismounted usually mount it on a heavy tripod, which must be acquired separately. Should an LRAS3 somehow survive the destruction of its host vehicle or become available on the open market, it has a barter value of GG23,000 and a street price of $460,000.

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Special Rules: The M1129's 120mm mortar is mounted inside the vehicle on a 360º turntable, allowing the crew to fire it without removing it from the vehicle (though it can be dismounted and used in a fixed position). In addition to this mortar, the M1129 can also carry either an M224 60mm mortar or an M252 81mm mortar as cargo, reconfiguring part of its 120mm ammo stowage to accept the smaller weapon's ammunition. This secondary mortar must be unloaded and set up normally, and the 120mm mortar cannot be fired from within the vehicle while the secondary mortar is loaded as cargo.

Treat the M121 as a generic 120mm mortar. Treat the M252 as a generic 81mm mortar with an IFR of 7.7 km. Treat the M224 as a generic 60mm mortar.

Effectively an ICV with more electronics, this Stryker variant is designed to function as a mobile command post at battalion and brigade levels. Typical passenger load is the unit commander, his security detachment, and perhaps a senior NCO or other staffer.

The M1131 is fitted out as a platform for forward observers. Its electronics package is remarkably similar to that of the M1127 RV, save for the addition of a laser designator.

The M1131's sensor cluster completely replaces the right front roof hatch (normally the squad leader's hatch on an ICV Stryker).

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Special Rules: The figure of 4 passengers assumes litter patients. Each rack of 2 litter patients can be replaced with 3 seated passengers.

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Note: The commander's machine gun mount on the M1134 is specifically engineered for the FN MAG. It's articulated to flip the mounted weapon down and to the side to keep it clear of the TOW launcher's backblast. By mid-2013, several surviving M1134s have been fitted with other GPMGs or SAWs, which requires a moderate amount of mechanical work. The mount is not reinforced to handle the recoil of heavier weapons, and fitting a HMG or AGL requires replacement of the entire apparatus. This is only done on vehicles whose TOW launchers have been destroyed and thus no longer present a backblast hazard to what was formerly the vehicle's secondary weapon.

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If a line is blank, that trait is identical to that of the M1126 ICV from the core rulebook.