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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 Bradley consists of two types of vehicles, the M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle. The M3 CFV was originally planned to be named after General Jacob L. Devers, [21] but it was decided the Bradley name would apply to both, since both vehicles are based on the same chassis. They differ in only some details.
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).
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is a U.S. Army program to replace the M113 armored personnel carrier and family of vehicles. [1] AMPV is a sub-project of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program. 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 ...
Indeed, while the Bradley lacks the punch of a main battle tank, the vehicle's 25 mm chain gun has a high rate of fire that can effectively knock out critical sensors on a tank and immobilize it.
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The M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV) is an American tracked armored reconnaissance vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems Platforms & Services (formerly United Defense). A member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family, the M3 CFV is used by heavy armored cavalry units in the United States Army .
The Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was developed in part as a response to the Soviet Union’s BMP-series of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), which combined troop-carrying capacity with ...