Forward support company (reconnaissance) Forward support company (engineer) Forward support company (infantry) (×3) Forward support company (Field Artillery) Stryker brigade combat team The Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) is a mechanized infantry force structured around the Stryker eight-wheeled variant of the General Dynamics LAV III. A full Stryker brigade was intended to be C-130 Hercules air transportable into theatre within 96 hours, while a division-sized force is expected to need 120 hours. The Stryker brigade is an organic combined arms unit of lightly-armored, medium-weight wheeled vehicles, and is organized differently from the infantry or armored brigade combat teams. The Stryker brigades are being used to implement network-centric warfare doctrines, and are intended to fill a gap between the United States' highly mobile light infantry and its much heavier armored infantry. The team also receives training in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense). Each Stryker brigade combat team consists of three infantry battalions, one reconnaissance (cavalry) squadron, one fires (artillery) battalion, one brigade support battalion, one brigade headquarters and headquarters company, and one brigade engineer battalion. A Stryker brigade is made up of more than 300 Stryker vehicles and 4,500 soldiers. Starting in 2015, the anti-tank company was reflagged from the brigade engineer battalion to the cavalry squadron, to form a weapons troop—also incorporating the mobile gun systems from the infantry battalions. Infantry battalion (×3) Headquarters and headquarters company Infantry company (Stryker) (×3) Cavalry squadron Headquarters and headquarters troop Cavalry troop (Stryker) (×3) Weapons troop (9 × ATGM) Field artillery (fires) battalion Headquarters and headquarters battery Target acquisition platoon M777A2 155mm towed howitzer battery (×3) Brigade support battalion Headquarters and headquarters company Distribution company Medical company Forward support company (reconnaissance) Forward support company (engineer) Forward support company (infantry) (×3) Forward support company (field artillery) Brigade engineer battalion Headquarters and headquarters company Combat engineer company Engineer support company Signal company Military intelligence company Stryker vehicles M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle M1128 Mobile Gun System armed with 105 mm overhead gun for direct fire M1129 Mortar Carrier armed with a mounted 120 mm and a dismountable 81 or 60 mm Mortar M1130 Command Vehicle M1131 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) with targeting and surveillance sensors M1132 Engineer Support Vehicle (ESV) M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV) M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle (ATGM) armed with a twin TOW missile launcher. M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBC RV) Armored brigade combat team