Stryker

stryker English <dab!> + (vehicle) Etymology en surname gurney en genericized trademarks eponyms Genericization of a en trademark. From the name of the en Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, en Homer Stryker. armoured vehicle en eponyms Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC en Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 en Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War. Proper noun s en. Derived terms en Stryker (n.) stryker See also en Strykersville Noun en emergency medicine A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured en gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs. en stryker en gurney 1973, Modern hospital: Volume 120; Volume 120, link Because we feel that a stretcher should be more than a means of patient transport, we don't offer a standard Stryker stretcher. en 2007 Helmut Strasser Assessment of the ergonomic quality of hand-held tools and computer input devices 269 http://books.google.com/books?id=3eyX8Y-ztMQC&pg=PA269&dq=Stryker+stretcher&hl=en&ei=gLTQTqfvMYOciQLtgtSODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAA The handles on the Stryker stretcher can by extended after a locking button has been pressed en 2007 Richard Ford The Lay of the Land 463 http://books.google.com/books?id=ozLbwO_-LVYC&pg=PA463&dq=Stryker+stretcher&hl=en&ei=gLTQTqfvMYOciQLtgtSODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=16&ved=0CI4BEOgBMA8 Of course—anyone would expect the rest to happen—I wake up in the Sea-Clift EMS track, strapped to a yellow Stryker stretcher, shirtless and jacketless, covered with a thin pink blanket, my feet toward the back door en military An eight-wheeled armoured combat vehicle used by the US Army. en LAV III LAV en LAV light armoured vehicle light armored vehicle AV armoured vehicle armored vehicle armoured car armored car armour armor 8x8 en 2002 Wheeled tanks start rolling Popular Mechanics July 32 The Army has named its 8-wheeled Light Armored Vehicle III the Stryker.The Army will field its first Stryker variant, an infantry combat vehicle, at Anniston, Ala. en 2002 Interim force armour activities Armed Forces journal international 139 The vast majority of Interim Force activities are swirling around the “Stryker” Interim Armored Vehicle (IAV) family from the General Motors–GDLS Defense Group joint venture. The IAV is a heavier, more modern version of the eight-wheeled Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) III from GM of Canada that is used by the Marine Corps and Canadian forces. 2004, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Operational Test Design and Evaluation of the Interim Armored Vehicle, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Improved operational testing and evaluation: and methods of combining test information for the Stryker family of vehicles and related Army systems, link Test Process The Army's interim armored combat vehicle, now called the Stryker, is in the latter stages of development. en 2005 Daniel Gonzales Network-centric operations case study: the Stryker Brigade Combat Team 31 http://books.google.com/books?id=EtZyUJlBP5sC&pg=PA31&dq=Stryker+Combat+Vehicles&hl=en&ei=zbLQToKRG5DKiALav4nvCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CFUQ6AEwAg The lower tactical Internet connects 75 percent or more of Stryker combat vehicles. en 2011 Gordon Rottman Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns 69 http://books.google.com/books?id=RIS5CHHp9YQC&pg=PA69&dq=Stryker+Combat+Vehicles&hl=en&ei=zbLQToKRG5DKiALav4nvCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CGUQ6AEwBQ These and most variants of the eight-wheel Stryker combat vehicles have a .50-cal on a remotely controlled mount. Due to the improvised explosive device (IED) and sniper threat, these vehicles' weapons stations are heavily armored. Derived terms en armoured vehicle Stryker brigade Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT)