4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2002
NAMED MODELUnited StatesCanada

Stryker (United States)

The US Army’s eight-wheeled armoured vehicle, developed from the Piranha III and counted in Mowag’s 12,000-plus total.

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Sources & evidence
Stryker (United States) — Stryker Combat Vehicles belonging to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, along with Romanian tactical vehicles belonging to the Romanian Land Forces, are put onSgt · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLEPiranha (1972–)BUILT BYGeneral Dynamics Land Systems – Canada, London, OntarioIN SERVICE2002OPERATED INUnited StatesPRODUCTIONIncluded in the 12,000-plus Piranha totalLAYOUT8 wheels

The record

The Stryker is the largest single descendant of a Swiss design of 1972, and the reason the Piranha family outnumbers every other wheeled armoured vehicle in western service.

Specification

MANUFACTURED2002–
ENGINEDiesel
PRODUCTION RUNIncluded in the 12,000-plus Piranha total
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
OPERATED INUnited States
STATUSin service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEPiranha
FAMILYPiranha
WHEELS8
BODY STYLEarmoured

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • NATO Olive

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Sources

  1. 1Mowag Piranha ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched