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Just to warn everyone ahead of time this is just a minor bit of nitpicking, no attempt at flaming or trolling or other such nonsense, please don't take it as such.

I have noticed that all of GHQ's combat commands are for the most part representations of actual Company level military organizations. For example the Modern US tank company (both M1A1 and M1A2 flavors) combat command comprises what an actual modern US tank company has. For the Stryker combat command, you get a company from a Stryker unit. However, the modern Stryker company has 3 platoons of 4 strykers each, in the combat command you get 3 platoons of 3 strykers each.

My 2 cents are to add another 3 infantry strykers and remove the mortar carriers (as I'm fairly certain the infantry company doesn't have mortars in its MTOE). Again just my 2 cents.

I'm not taking sides on what the combat command should look like, but the Stryker rifle companies are assigned two organic mortar carriers. At the company level, the mortar carriers mount a 120mm mortar and also carry a dismountable 60mm mortar. The four mortar carriers in the battalion mortar platoon mount the 120mm mortars and carry 81mm dismountable mortars. Each vehicle crew can man either the 120 or the dismountable crew (but not both). The 120mm mortars are part of the vehicle and are not meant to be removed (although some units have removed them to provide more space in the Stryker in areas where mortars are not used often).

The Stryker infantry companies are impressive. The have 14 infantry carriers (two are in the CO HQ), 3 MGSs, 2 mortar carriers, 1 MEV (med evac), and 1 FSV (fire support). The real fighting power of these companies is in the dismounted infantry. The three rifle platoons provide 3 5-man PLT HQs, 9 9-man infantry squads, and 3 7-man weapons squads. Additionally, the company has an organic 3-man sniper team (and can even manpack the 2 60mm mortars if needed). These numbers don't include the vehicle gunners and drivers who stay with the Strykers.

The Strykers are outstanding vehicles, but tactically they are used like trucks. They provide survivability for the dismounted force enroute to the AO and they provide excellent overwatch and suppressive fires with their remote weapons systems.

I believe that this particular combat command is setup with the one vehicle equals a platoon. The below is from GHQ's Modern US TOE:

US ARMY "INTERIM BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM" (IBCT) 2004+
Infantry Company: 3xTL4 Infantry(A)/LAV-III, 1x120mm LAV-IIIM(1), 1xLAV-III MGS

Infantry Battalion (BCT): 1xTL4 Infantry(A) HQ/LAV-III, 3xInfantry Company, 1x120mm LAV-IIIM(2)

That makes it match...........