Wheels Rule!

Remember all the doomsaying from veterans of what a disaster the Stryker Combat Vehicle was going to be? This strategypage article says they have become the vehicle of choice worldwide:

Yet another European nation is replacing its Cold War era armored vehicles, with wheeled vehicles similar to the American Stryker. Belgium has ordered 241 Piranha IIIC vehicles. This vehicle is based on the Piranha III LAV, long used by the U.S. Marines...

These vehicles cost about a million dollars each. This is much cheaper than the U.S. Stryker (which go for about $1.8 million each), and has raised questions if the additional features (sensors and computers) in the Stryker are worth the cost.

Of course, the Army always has to have its extras!