Since the development of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), which began as a concept in 2000, the brigade has had a requirement for a mobile howitzer as outlined in the Stryker Operational Requirements Document. That document states “a self-propelled 155mm howitzer is the required capability” that “can be displaced from its firing position by no more than five soldiers in two minutes.” However, the Army has failed to deliver on this critical capability for the past 25 years, and the result is a dangerous capability gap that significantly affects the lethality of the brigade. For the past nine years, the Army has studied this issue with no forward movement. It’s time to procure a new howitzer if the Army wants Stryker brigades to be a fully capable, lethal force.

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