{"id":36804,"date":"2017-10-13T19:38:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T19:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/13\/fact-check-afghans-dont-have-strykers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:07:33","slug":"fact-check-afghans-dont-have-strykers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/13\/fact-check-afghans-dont-have-strykers\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Afghans don\u2019t have Strykers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Appearing before a House hearing on South Asia strategy for Afghanistan in early October, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers that Afghan forces had been supplied with U.S. Stryker vehicles and that they were having an impact on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut here is what I want to tell you \u2014 is the glimmers of hope. You know we bought the Stryker vehicles \u2014 those are being employed right now, and they have actually provided a competitive advantage to the Afghan forces over their counterparts,\u201d Dunford said responding to a question about the U.S. weapons program for Afghan forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there\u2019s a major problem with that statement \u2014 Afghans don\u2019t have Stryker vehicles, according to U.S. officials at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dunford may have been confused with a similar armored vehicle that Afghan forces are employing on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDoD has bought 678 Mobile Strike Force Vehicles, an upgraded variant of the U.S. Army\u2019s M1117, for the [Afghan National Army] beginning in 2012,\u201d Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Andrews told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MSFV is an appropriate fit for the Afghan battlefield as it features a v-shaped hull that provides similar protection to the MRAP, Andrews said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only five percent of the vehicles have been lost to battle damage, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of the MSFVs are troop carrier variants with .50-caliber machine guns, some of which also have the Mk19 40 mm grenade launcher; the rest are ambulance variants,\u201d Andrews told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FUIN6IA2ANGS7MT5RVLDSIFSSU.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Afghan commandos of 1st Company, 6th Special Operations Kandak, conduct movement to their target in Mobile Strike Force Vehicles for an operation, Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2013. (Spc. Connor Mendez\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Afghan National Army brigades operate the armored vehicle as a primary weapons system, and the unit is now being assigned to Afghanistan\u2019s new Special Operations Corps, Andrews said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military Times has reached out to the chairman\u2019s office for comment and has yet to receive a response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Afghan defense official told Military Times that Stryker vehicles have been requested by the government, but that process is still ongoing and the request has yet to be approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After spending nearly $70 billion on training and equipping Afghan forces, according to figures provided by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, they continue to lose ground to a resurgent Taliban threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. supplied up-armored Humvees have been captured in droves by Taliban fighters and are routinely featured in the group\u2019s propaganda videos. They\u2019ve also been used as powerful suicide vehicle improvised explosive devices, which have caused considerable damage and forced U.S. aircraft to target the stolen U.S. equipment, military officials have told Military Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghans don\u2019t have Stryker vehicles, according to U.S. officials at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,12,25],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3398],"class_list":["post-36804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"BKWOVSF5FVF75KJ7QNHSBFARJY","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2017\/10\/13\/fact-check-afghans-dont-have-strykers\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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