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From 2003 Future Combat Systems (FCS) planned a successor to the M3 Bradley in the XM1201 Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle. That too was canceled when FCS was terminated in 2009. The U.S. Army intended the Ground Combat Vehicle to replace the M2 Bradley and M113 by 2018, while the M3 Bradley could later be replaced by future variants of ...
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 ...
The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments (formerly United Defense ) and entered service in 1981, with fielding beginning in 1983.
M3 Bradley Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2-ton M3A1 Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2-ton; M3A2 Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2-ton; M3 CROP palletized load system; M4 C2V battlefield command post; M5 ground-based ...
BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley; The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee. The GAU-19, a rotary gun that fires .50 caliber ammunition. Mounted on Humvees and helicopters.
Stryker. Stryker 4,466 . M1126 infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) M1126 Stryker (IAV) has two variants, he infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) and the mobile gun system (MGS).; The (ICV) variant has eight additional configurations: mortar carrier (MC), reconnaissance vehicle (RV), commanders vehicle (CV), fire support vehicle (FSV), medical evacuation vehicle (MEV), engineer squad vehicle (ESV), anti ...
In 2014, the U.S. Army selected BAE Systems' proposal of a turretless variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to replace over 2,800 M113s in service. [2] As of 2013, five variants of the 2,907 AMPV are planned: M1283 general purpose (522 planned) M1284 medical evacuation vehicle (790 planned) M1285 medical treatment vehicle (216 planned)
In June 2018, the Army established the Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) program to replace the M2 Bradley. In October 2018, the program was re-designated as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV). The NGCV program was expanded as a portfolio of next-generation vehicles including tanks and the Bradley-based Armored Multi-Purpose ...