US armored vehicle Stryker from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment US Army caught fire on the road in Poland. The incident happened 18 January, This is reported by the Polish media.
Details of the incident are not given, known, that there were two US servicemen in the armored vehicle, which did not suffer as a result of the fire. The reason for the fire of the APC is not reported, according to the US military, before that they heard some noise. It was not possible to extinguish an armored vehicle that caught fire on its own., fire brigades from the nearest settlement went to the scene. No damage reported
2-1st Cavalry Regiment, United States Army (2nd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Dragoons) stationed in Germany in Vilsäck, Bavaria. The first wheeled armored vehicle Stryker XM1296 Stryker ICV Dragoon (ICVD), equipped with a combat module with a 30-mm automatic cannon, the regiment received in November 2017 of the year, the main deliveries of armored personnel carriers began in May 2018 of the year. The requirement on the part of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment to equip Stryker vehicles with 30-mm cannons is directly motivated by the need to resist the numerous main Russian armored vehicles., equipped with 30mm cannons (BMP-2, BMP-3, BTR-82).
Despite, that the regiment is stationed in Germany, The Stryker armored personnel carrier of this regiment was repeatedly seen on the territory of Poland in the area of the Russian borders..
