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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.
[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]
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 Warrior incorporates several design features in keeping with the UK's battlefield experience. In particular, there are no firing ports in the hull, in line with British thinking that the role of the armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (APC/IFV) is to carry troops under protection to the objective and then give firepower support when they have disembarked.
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 combat vehicle component of FCS was the Manned Ground Vehicles program, a family of eight vehicles including an IFV. By substituting active protection systems for armor, the Army sought to reduce the weight of a Manned Ground Vehicle to 20 tons, with transportability by C-130 being the limiting factor.
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