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A M2 Bradley configured for swimming, Fort Benning, June 1983 The M2 was the basic production model, designed to carry 10 person teams, first fielded in 1981. [ 56 ] The M2 can be identified by its standard TOW missile system, steel laminate armor, and 500 horsepower (370 kW) Cummins VT903 engine with HMPT-500 hydromechanical transmission.
The Bradley is designed to transport infantry or scouts with armor protection, while providing covering fire to suppress enemy troops and armored vehicles. Variants include the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and the M3 Bradley reconnaissance vehicle. The M2 holds a crew of three—a commander, a gunner and a driver—along with six fully ...
M2 (missile), a French submarine-launched ballistic missile; M2 Bradley, an armored fighting vehicle; M2 half-track car; M2 light tank; M2 medium tank; HMS Havelock (1915) (M2), a WWI British Royal Navy monitor; HMS M2, a 1919 submarine; HSwMS M2, a Swedish Navy mine sweeper; HSwMS Älvsborg (M02), a Swedish Royal Navy mine layer
The US Army also selected ADATS installed on the M2 Bradley chassis but by the time it was ready for service the ending of the Cold War led the US Army to cancel its orders, after Oerlikon invested over CHF 1 billion in the project. [2] A small number of vehicles, many of them the developmental prototypes, entered service with the Canadian Army.
M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle; M3 Bradley Cavalry fighting vehicle; M8 Armored Gun System, U.S. Army light tank canceled in 1996; M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle; M109 Paladin; M113 family; Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light, a vehicle based on the M113 proposed for the U.S. Army Interim Armored Vehicle program [3] Crusader
U.S. Army M2 Bradley in 1985, West Germany. Working for the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Burton advocated for the use of live-fire tests on fully loaded military vehicles to check for survivability, something that the Army and Air Force agreed to, establishing the joint live fire testing program in 1984.
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English: A U.S. Army M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle exiting the water at Victory Pond, Fort Benning, Georgia (USA), on 13 June 1983. This amphibious vehicle was propelled in the water by its tracks.