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The M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) consists of five variants: the M2, M2A1, M2A2, M2A2 ODS (Operation Desert Storm improvements), and M2A3. Their main mission is to provide protected transport of an infantry squad, up to six passengers, to critical points.
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.
The RFP also contains an Optional Exchange Vehicle (OEV) program to exchange up to 78 vehicles during the EMD phase for AMPVs. 39 Bradley vehicles of versions previous to the current M2A3/M3A3 configurations and 39 M113s not including the M113 AMEV can be exchanged by the government to the contractor for credit. [16]
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 U.S. Army’s mechanized infantry and cavalry branches wanted an IFV that could also take on BMPs in a head-to-head fight—something its boxy M113 ‘battle taxi’ APCs, armed with.50 ...
The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division "Highlanders", was an armored brigade combat team (ABCT) of the 1st Armored Division, United States Army.The brigade was mechanized and its major combat equipment included the M1A2SEP Abrams tank, M2A3 & M3A3 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, M109A6 Paladin howitzer, M1151 HMMWV and MRAP (armored vehicle).
[1] [note 1] These two trends led to the IFV, with firing ports in the troop compartment and a crew-operated weapons system. [1] The IFV established a new niche between those combat vehicles which functioned primarily as armored weapons-carriers or as APCs. [6] During the 1950s, the Soviet, US, and most European armies had adopted tracked APCs. [6]
Type 92 aka WZ-551 wheeled IFV (modern) Type 03 aka ZBD-03 or WZ-506 wheeled IFV (modern), Chinese airborne infantry fighting vehicle. Early prototypes received the designation ZLC-2000. Type 04 aka WZ-502 tracked IFV (modern) Type 05 amphibious IFV. [18] Type 08 wheeled armored vehicle; Type 11 /ST-1 Assault Gun