The Optionally Manned
The US Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme remains on schedule and is set to enter Phase 3 in early 2023, replacing the legacy M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).
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 competitors for the U.S. Army OMFV program include American companies Hanwha/Oshkosh Defense, BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), and American Raytheon/Rheinmetall Vehicles.
It can carry about 10 personnel, or be configured instead to carry additional ammunition or communications equipment. Bradleys are still used by the U.S. Army, although the military has been looking for a replacement for years.
The Bradley's main gun and the TOW missiles both have an effective range of more than 3,000 meters, which is greater than the effective range of many Russian tanks. This means that the smaller Bradley can attack a tank while remaining out of range itself.
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.
How many Bradleys does the United States have? The U.S. has about 4,000 Bradleys total. Does the decision to send armored personnel carriers mean that heavy tanks will come next? It's unclear.
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 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, which was formerly United Defense.
The losses are a sizable chunk of the 109 Bradleys sent to Ukraine by the US. Pushing through Russian front-line defenses was always expected to be costly for Ukrainian forces.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army will divest all Stryker Mobile Gun Systems by the end of fiscal year 2022. This decision comes after a comprehensive analysis highlighted obsolescence and systemic issues with the system's dated cannon and automatic loader.
The Stryker did not fare well. Six Strykers were destroyed within six days, and the vehicle could not maneuver in Sadr City's crowded streets.
The Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) is a United States Army program intended to procure a variety of armored vehicles to add new capabilities to Army units and replace existing platforms that are nearing the end of their service life.
The Bradley's design has for decades caused controversy due to the limitations of its armour protection, as demonstrated both during testing and in the Iraq War - with the latter seeing well over 100 destroyed according to a wide range of reports.
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.
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.
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.
The German-made Leopard 2 tank is widely regarded as the best of its kind in the world, combining both speed and accuracy, and capable of hitting targets 5km away while on the move.
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.
By attacking through minefields while under Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian army has already lost at least 16 Bradleys and four Leopard tanks, open source intelligence project Oryx has reported.
The Bradleys have a turret-mounted gun as well as a tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) missile launcher that can destroy tanks, as per Reuters.
About one and a quarter inch of AR500-grade steel plate will stop a . 50 caliber bullet but steel is extremely heavy.
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.