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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 M3 Bradley CFV is very similar to the M2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) and is fielded with the same two-man 25 mm Bushmaster cannon turret with the coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun. It only varies from the M2 in a few subtle ways and by role.
A M2 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle, armed with a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain-driven autocannon and 2 BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles, in US service during the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004). A Russian BMP-3, armed with a 2A70 100 mm low-pressure rifled cannon, with embarked infantry.
Since last year, the US has sent over 300 M2A2 Bradleys and 31 M1A1 Abrams variants to Ukraine, and Australia recently committed to sending nearly 50 more of the tanks.. These armored vehicles are ...
The M3 Bradley CFV is very similar to the M2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) and is fielded with the same two-man 25-mm Bushmaster Cannon turret with a coaxial M240C 7.62-mm machine gun. It only varies from the M2 in a few subtle ways and by role. The M3 is classified as an armored reconnaissance and scout vehicle and does away with the ...
Teams will develop concept designs during the 15-month long phase. All entries had to meet three general criteria: a tracked vehicle with a hybrid-electric drive; an unmanned turret housing a 50 mm autocannon, or a 30 mm turret with the ability to upgrade to the larger caliber; and a reduced crew of two with space to carry six infantrymen. The ...
XM800T on display at Fort Knox XM800W with the new turret design The XM800 armored reconnaissance scout vehicle ( ARSV ) was an experimental scout vehicle developed by the US Army in the 1970s. It was part of a series of armored vehicles being designed by the Army to replace their existing armored personnel carriers , the M113 and M114 , with ...
The M231 Firing Port Weapon (FPW) is an adapted version of the M16 assault rifle for shooting from firing ports on the M2 Bradley.The M16, standard infantry weapon of the time, was too long for use in a "buttoned up" APC, so the FPW was developed to provide a suitable weapon for this role.