In June 2018, the Army established the Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) program to replace the M2 Bradley. In October 2018, the program was re-designated as the Optionally Manned
The Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) is a U.S. Army program to replace the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. OMFV is one part of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle portfolio of programs.
The Bradley family as a whole was originally intended to support the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), but ended up replacing it in U.S. Army service altogether. Today, the Bradley is fielded in conjunction with the M1 Abrams series of main battle tanks and often accompanies infantry squads into combat.
The 16 US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles either destroyed or damaged and abandoned in recent days represent almost 15% of the 109 that Washington has given Kyiv, according to Jakub Janovsky of the Dutch open-source intelligence website Oryx, which has been collecting visual evidence of military equipment losses in ...
The Pentagon on Tuesday gave the first official confirmation that the Bradley Infantry Fighting vehicles are indeed in Ukraine.
The Bradley is a powerful weapon platform that has the ability to destroy enemy tanks. It can also be used to scout the battlefield and to rapidly move small numbers of infantry in relative safety.
Bradleys have lighter armor and a much smaller gun, typically 25 mm compared to the Abrams' 120 mm. They're made to move quickly on the battlefield and carry up to eight infantrymen into combat, though other variants drop the infantry carrying capacity to serve other missions, instead.
Actually yes, you CAN. The armor on the Bradley is built to withstand 14.5mm bullets with tungsten core, i.e AP, and the 14.5mm is substantially more powerful than a 0.5 cal round.
The most effective way to destroy the Bradley is explosives (such as the RPG) or other heavy weapons such as the Tau Cannon. Small arms fire can also do damage to the Bradley by shooting the turret, though this is extremely slow and not recommended.
Firing specialized tungsten armor-piercing ammunition, a Bradley can use the big chain gun dispatch T-72 tanks. But that may not be necessary, since both Bradley variants carry Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles, capable of destroying any tank currently in Russian service.
M2 Bradley fighting vehicle
The Bradley can destroy a tank with its tube-launched two tow missiles, setting it apart from other fighting armoured vehicles. Named after WWII General Omar Bradley, the Bradley M2 was developed as a response to the Soviet BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
“A Bradley could be better than a tank, in a way, because of the maintenance,” Akopian said. Ukraine has repeatedly asked the West for tanks. America's M1 Abrams tank is three times the size of a Bradley and also has a more powerful gun and better armour, but it is heavier and uses jet fuel, not diesel.
Thanks to the famous made-for-TV movie The Pentagon Wars, many Americans are aware of the problems with the U.S. Army's Bradley fighting vehicle. It's too weak to battle tanks, too big to make a good scout—and too compact to carry enough soldiers.
The Bradley's suspension system has been used on upgraded versions of the U.S. Marines' Assault Amphibious Vehicle.
As of May 2017, a Stryker brigade combat team is equipped with three platoons of MGS Strykers and three platoons of ATGM Strykers in its weapons troop.
While Bradleys run on treads, which offer excellent traction over uneven terrain, Strykers run on eight wheels which can still function even if they have been hit with bullets or shrapnel. Strykers are also much faster than Bradleys, capable of speeds of 60 miles per hour, according to the congressional report.
The top ten tanks today are the German KF51 Panther, the American Abrams M1A2, the Russian T-14 Armata, the Korean K2 Black Panther, the Chinese T-99, the German Leopard 2, the French Leclerc XL, the British Challenger 2, the Israeli Merkava V, and the Japanese Type-90.
Since most of the readily available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from almost any angle, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.
The Army plans to acquire more than 700 of the new M2A4 Bradleys through 2029. Each vehicle costs roughly $4.35 million.
Army introduced the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The Bradley weighs 27.6 tons, has a three-man crew, can carry six infantrymen, and is armed with a turret-mounted 25-mm cannon and an antitank missile launcher. The most modern version, the M2A3, includes infrared sights, a laser range finder, and…
Tank Killers
The Bradley has been the workhorse of the U.S. military since the 1980s. The vehicle destroyed more enemy tanks in combat in Iraq than the Abrams tank, according to Military-today.com.
While in Operation Iraqi Freedom, there were increased losses of up to around 150 Bradleys because of their vulnerability to improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenade attacks. The casualties were light, with the crew being able to escape.
A total of 23 M1A1s were damaged or destroyed during the war. Of the nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army. Some others took minor combat damage, with little effect on their operational readiness.