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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.
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
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 ...
[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]
Desert Warrior. This was an export version adapted for operations in hostile desert conditions. It was fitted with the Delco turret as used on the LAV-25 wheeled IFV, mounting a stabilised 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun with coaxial 7.62 mm chain gun and two Hughes TOW ATGM launchers (one mounted on each side). In 1993, Kuwait purchased 254 ...
The four primary vehicles included in the AOA were the M2A3 Bradley II, a modernized Stryker, an M2A3 Bradley variant used in Iraq, and a XM1230 Caiman Plus MRAP. The five secondary vehicles included two unnamed foreign-made platforms, the M1126 Stryker IFV, the M1A2 SEP TUSK Abrams main battle tank, and a modernized M1 Abrams. Vehicles ...
Approved by TRADOC on 18 October 1996, and including options for tracked and wheeled vehicles and a new vehicle based upon the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). A design was drafted and a prototype vehicle developed based upon the latest variant of the M113, the A4. [4]