Finally: US Built Its New Next Generation Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Named after General Omar Bradley and developed during the Cold War, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle is still very much a key part of the United States Armed Forces. As a member of the U.S. Army’s Armoured Brigade Combat Team, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle has been one of the staple vehicles for some time. Known for being relatively fast and manoeuvrable, it is built to traverse all kinds of terrain with little to no trouble. Additionally, Bradley’s were designed to go toe-to-toe with tanks on the battlefield, although they sometimes rely on support by staying in formation with bigger guns like the M1 Abrams. The M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle is often known as the Army’s battlefield taxi, although some think that doesn’t give it enough credit. In this video we are going to take a closer look at the latest upgrade to the M2 Bradley.
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  • @guyvalentine7258
    @guyvalentine7258 Жыл бұрын

    I never realized before how much the front end of the Bradley looks like the old M4 Sherman tank.

  • @ACKZero.

    @ACKZero.

    Жыл бұрын

    just thinking the same thing when I saw the front low

  • @dreb222

    @dreb222

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s likely the Sherman was a main source of inspiration, just look at its size, chassis and frame size, and overall mission is the same: fast and light, hit em quick.

  • @skoll_5682

    @skoll_5682

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks like the just revamped the old stock. That same front end. Unfortunately, don’t have to be a tank commander to see the ease of a mobility kill on these.

  • @chrisivan_yt

    @chrisivan_yt

    Жыл бұрын

    mfw I used to think the Bradley was just a modern M4 Sherman

  • @MaxCroat

    @MaxCroat

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dreb222 A WW2 medium tank is not the same as an IFV. Their mission is not at all the same. One is a tank, designed to fight everything from enemy tanks to bunkers, etc. Tanks were made mainly to push forward, break through enemy lines. Infantry fighting vehicles, on the other hand, were made to carry infantry into combat (while keeping the men protected with some armor) and also to serve as fire support to the infantry that they carried. This isn't so clearly stated in the video. The IFV is certainly not made to hunt tanks. It is, of course, made with the capability to engage enemy tanks, but that is not the primary mission. The mission is to support the infantry, the missiles are there for versatility, so that it can engage tanks if necessary. If that was its primary mission it would have been called a tank destroyer. The connection between WW2 tanks and IFV's that I can notice is versatility and the fact that tanks did indeed sometimes work as infantry support, but that was not necessarily the main role, and some countries even had specific tanks to fill the support role. For example, the British Churchill tank, which was considered an "infantry tank", while the M4 Sherman is a medium tank. To be fair, the Americans didn't have "infantry tanks", but still the Sherman was not designed to be specifically an infantry support vehicle, and it certainly was not a transport for the infantry.

  • @chrissmith-rw8ei
    @chrissmith-rw8ei Жыл бұрын

    After turning in my M3 CFV I received a new M2A1 for Desert Storm. Since we were a Cav unit (2nd ACR) we griped that it didn't have the ammo storage like the M3 so we ripped the back crew seats and lined the floor with 25mm and TOW's along with all our other "fun" things. It did great at the battle of the 73-Easting and could actually jump small wadi's.

  • @mamarussellthepie3995

    @mamarussellthepie3995

    3 ай бұрын

    On the spot innovation is both epic and hilariously janky! Love it Good job!

  • @ronaldmcdonald3965
    @ronaldmcdonald3965 Жыл бұрын

    Bradley IFV was not designed to go toe to toe with enemy tanks. Calvary my scout head, get a few rounds off, and retreat to the safety of the Abrams.

  • @MaxCroat

    @MaxCroat

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah, this video definitely does not explain this properly

  • @ironstarofmordian7098

    @ironstarofmordian7098

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats how we know your a cav scout. Infantry kills tanks because killing is what we do!!!!!!! I'm kidding btw. Javs are great but I don't fuck with tanks.

  • @waefawawrgaw2835

    @waefawawrgaw2835

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ironstarofmordian7098 raping is what male soldiers do too

  • @tomcat6735
    @tomcat6735 Жыл бұрын

    The M2 version is the taxi but the M3 is loaded with max capacity of ammo and rockets and no room to spare for extra crew, got to use the first version of the Javelin on a BMP in ODS. With heavier combat weight of the newer versions of the M2, different tactics and training will follow along with maintenance schedule. Needs at least a 40mm cannon to effectively defeat BMPs and BTRs light vehicles without having to launch a TOW missiles to save for the MBTs. Land mines and IEDs will disable the M2's and reactive armor will help reduce the damage by flank from ATGMs and RPGs but not MBTs main guns. Overhead on the turrent its still vulnerable to ATGM's shaped charge. IFF is critical to prevent blue on blue incidents. I can't imagine more than 6 crew in the IFV, the M3 can barely fit 2 in the back. Great machine for the purpose it was designed for. The M3 pic in the oilfields burning in Iraq is my wingman taking a piss break. The Bradley Fighting vehicle was not designed for reconnaissance but to lead the main force with sufficient fire power and speed to get out of the way when the M1A1 MBTs at the time do its job.

  • @tomcat6735

    @tomcat6735

    Жыл бұрын

    What was ironic was the BFV & M88 was used in Waco, Tim McVeigh was a Bradley gunner for the 1st INF DIV ODS and watched the vehicle smash the building and used it as a siege and destroy the Davidians which set off his mission to bomb the FBI Muriel building.

  • @anthonykelly1368
    @anthonykelly1368 Жыл бұрын

    I was an 11M in a Bradley Battalion in the 90s. Back then, while protesting otherwise, the Bradley was used essentially as a light tank.

  • @philjimito7250

    @philjimito7250

    Жыл бұрын

    In modern times these pieces of junk wouldnt be able to go toe to toe with a modern battle tank. I was an 11B who got thrown into a Bradley for a couple years. The damn thing is just a rolling tracked mistake full of malfunctions and errors. A large majority of our battalions funds went into maintaining the bradley leaving us no money to conduct practical application training. This was during the years Obama was in office so that probably had a lot to do with our units poor funding. I hated the Bradley.

  • @skyjockbill

    @skyjockbill

    Жыл бұрын

    @@philjimito7250 You just kind of undermined your analytical objectivity there, wouldn't you say?

  • @philjimito7250

    @philjimito7250

    Жыл бұрын

    @@skyjockbill giving my personal opinion and the opinion of a majority of the bradley crews i served with. The reason they wouldnt be able to go head to head with any modern tank is due to the advances in modern tank munitions and composite/active armor systems. The bradley is greatly out ranged and out gunned when it comes to the next generation tanks being manufactured. Pit a bradley against a T-14 Armata, a Challenger, Leopard, Abrams, Merkava, etc... the bradley wont stand a chance. It was designed as an infantry support vehicle with some anti-tank capabilities for emergency defense against heavy armor. Its not designed to go up against main battle tanks or replace tanks in a "light tank" role. The military commonly misallocates equipment/assets in roles theyre not meant to be used for. This irresponsible actions taken by some genius Army officer doesnt prove that the bradley is effectively designated as a "tank destroyer" or "light tank" as ive heard people refer to it as. It just proves a percentage of Army officers are tactically stupid.

  • @skyjockbill

    @skyjockbill

    Жыл бұрын

    @@philjimito7250 Thanks for that thoughtful clarification.

  • @rightside1911

    @rightside1911

    Жыл бұрын

    @@philjimito7250 it wasnt meant to go against any of the tanks you mentioned as far as the t 14 armata i dont see russia sending any of the 21 they have built to the front annytime soon.

  • @pepper7144
    @pepper7144 Жыл бұрын

    As part of the initial fielding team at Benning I would like to inject, it's roll was to take fire teams into combat to support M1's. You must consider the supposed enemy would have been the Russians with their massive amount of tanks the presumed landscape was Europe. The vehicle needed to be capable of self defense and that means killing tanks while full filling the roll of keeping some dismounted infantry available for ground defense in 'run and gun' situations. It could keep up with the M1 ensuring ground (infantry) support for armored columns.

  • @Channel-sp3fp

    @Channel-sp3fp

    Жыл бұрын

    For some reason they keep giving the firepower advantage to Russians and forget they also make precision weapons.

  • @gordonfreeman336
    @gordonfreeman336 Жыл бұрын

    Heinz Guderian: I'm so proud of you.

  • @brianlowe4625
    @brianlowe4625 Жыл бұрын

    quite a machine. NOT designed to go "toe to toe" with tanks........not what IFV's do..........delivery of the infantry is the task here, ,using all the firepower, protection and mobility the IFV offers.

  • @stupidburp
    @stupidburp Жыл бұрын

    Should give surplus older variants of Bradleys and Abrams to Eastern European NATO members and Taiwan. Help out friends so they can help themselves. Better than letting the equipment sit unused in storage.

  • @AndyViant

    @AndyViant

    Жыл бұрын

    We're seeing a lot of that now with Ukraine. But even so, the older ones that haven't been updated aren't massively better than the BMP's they will face. America will always keep a fairly robust strategic reserve until they build enough of whatever replaces the Bradley, because with enough upgrades platforms can last a long time, and upgrades are a lot quicker during wartime than building thousands of tanks and IFV's. When is the Abrams getting retired again?

  • @mamarussellthepie3995
    @mamarussellthepie3995 Жыл бұрын

    "Waco siege" my favorite war o.0

  • @user-ot9ms6vx8h
    @user-ot9ms6vx8h Жыл бұрын

    It needs to cary more tow missiles than 2. They're the game changer.

  • @williampayton9515
    @williampayton9515 Жыл бұрын

    I loved my multiple versions of the Bradley ending up with the M6 Linebacker. It's a very capable vehicle and fire system. Add in the BCIS components along with BCIS for other ground units and you have a very lethal force. The Bradley is not meant to go toe to toe with heavy armor. The brad kills tanks at maximum range of the Tow launcher which is usually out of range for eastern bloc mbts. The modified launcher firing javelins increases it's lethality. The M919 rounds can and have penetrated some older style armor but I wouldn't trust it to a T90 or even a new T80. But it remains a capable infantry vehicle.

  • @MaxCroat

    @MaxCroat

    Жыл бұрын

    Thing is though, Soviet/Russian tanks have capability to fire ATGM's from their barrels, which means they can indeed reach out much further than western MBT's (except for some Israeli Merkava tanks, which also have that capability as far as I know). Now, whether they are all equipped with missiles is another question, but they certainly have been developed with this capability in mind as far back as the 1980s (maybe even 1970s, although I think it was the 1980s).

  • @williampayton9515

    @williampayton9515

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MaxCroat No. Although the missiles may have extended range, their thermals and sighting systems suck. They are far outclassed by western fire control systems. Our thermals, laser range finders and target handoff capabilities to aircraft and artillery outclasses eastern bloc equipment in every manner.

  • @MaxCroat

    @MaxCroat

    Жыл бұрын

    @@williampayton9515 Clearly you are assuming what I think. I never said that they were better than western tanks, just that firing ATGM's is one specific capability that they have. This was a response to your comment saying that the Bradley would engage them at ranges where they couldn't fire back, because they could indeed. At least in theory, in practice the opposing vehicles will probably never even see each other at long ranges (like 5km or more) because of terrain blocking their view. The terrain would need to be completely flat. As far as being outclassed by western tanks, most of them are, and the reason is very simple - lack of money. Russia still maintains a huge army, but their budget is on par with countries such as Germany, around 50-60 billion dollars (I'm talking in the recent years, not taking into account the invasion of Ukraine). However, Germany has a much smaller army, so that budget is enough to keep their army up to modern standards. German tanks may even be the best in the world, but they have like 300-400 of them or something like that. Russia had about 3000 in active service before the invasion, so they cut corners in the modernisation packages in order to be able to afford modernising so many tanks. Tanks such as T-90M or T-14 Armata are almost certainly as good as western tanks, but the Russians have very few of them because they simply cannot afford to equip their entire army with the most modern tanks.

  • @williampayton9515

    @williampayton9515

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MaxCroat Fair enough. Dead on assessment. Stay safe.

  • @waefawawrgaw2835

    @waefawawrgaw2835

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MaxCroat Lmao stop overglorifying Russian equipment. All the specs they say u have to lower it lmao theres a reason why theyre getting owned in Ukraine

  • @jorgeadolfobasualdo5072
    @jorgeadolfobasualdo5072 Жыл бұрын

    El Bradley es carísimo. Caro para comprar, caro para usar y caro para mantener. Por eso no fue exportado, salvo a Arabia Saudita que no tiene problemas de dinero.

  • @jamesfraser4173
    @jamesfraser4173 Жыл бұрын

    The hull reminds me of the M113.

  • @WhatDayIsItTrumpDay

    @WhatDayIsItTrumpDay

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it basically is/was based on the M113. I'm no expert on the original development of this vehicle, but I'm thinking the Pentagon said something like, "We've got this M113 vehicle...how can we up-armor it and put an turreted auto cannon on it?" And hence the M2 Bradley was born.

  • @schmidt32755
    @schmidt32755 Жыл бұрын

    I remember being the NCOIC of the BFV Nett team out of Benning conducting swim training/testing in Cow House Creek during the FT Carson training cycle.

  • @louferrao2044
    @louferrao2044 Жыл бұрын

    The Bradley has performed admirably. The Army has a fine IFV until a new design can replace it.

  • @Biden_is_demented

    @Biden_is_demented

    9 ай бұрын

    Yeah, it performs "admirably", against farmers in flip flops, armed with 60 year old AKs, and against empty tanks in the desert. But against an enemy that shoots back, they have proved to be death traps. The aluminum alloy that composes the armor doesn´t like to be penned by shaped charges. It immediately starts smoldering, and releases a nefarious toxic gas, that renders the crew inoperable in seconds. Several videos exist of Bradleys hit by FPV drones armed with RPG7 warheads, and they start burning almost immediately, and no crew is seen exiting! Bradleys don´t like mines either. The blast goes through the flat bottom like a knife through jelly. The Bradley is just too tall and boxy, to even consider evading an ATGM. There is no other vehicle in Ukraine that is that easy to score a hit to. Except maybe the MaxxPro, equally tall and boxy. Coming over the horizon, in the steppes of Ukraine, they are like the proverbial barn on wheels, and even the biggest drunk russian is incapable of missing something that towers above the terrain like a skyscraper. Doesn´t seem all that "formidable", does it? Heck, most of those supplied to Ukraine are already gone, and they were taken out before firing a single shot, as the guns have a woefully low range.

  • @djvertigo72

    @djvertigo72

    8 ай бұрын

    Please add a link to these supposed videos of Bradly's instantly burning from a hit. No vehicle tracked or wheeled likes mines. I doubt you ever served in the military or on a Bradly. I have on both counts and your Opinion is patently wrong and uninformed. @@Biden_is_demented

  • @jamescaldwell6513
    @jamescaldwell6513 Жыл бұрын

    Did I really hear the Waco Siege listed as one of the wars the Bradley was in? The seige that took place in Waco, Texas? I'm questioning the depth of research done for this video

  • @jedironin380

    @jedironin380

    Жыл бұрын

    That should never have been mentioned.

  • @AndyViant

    @AndyViant

    Жыл бұрын

    It's just the usual American insular culture.

  • @donaldsmith283
    @donaldsmith283 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the information appreciate it

  • @jasonbose3507
    @jasonbose35072 ай бұрын

    Well, an infantry fighting vehicle that can take down a Russian T-90 Main Battle Tank, with only a Bushmaster Chain Gun raining down on it to destroy it, is impressive by any standard. Seeing that Bradley smoke that Russian T-90 and causing the turret to continuously spin and ram into a tree, is a beautiful sight to behold! The Bradley IS BATTLE HARDENED AND HAS PROVEN IT'S WORTH in battle. The Bradley is a gem 💎 in battle scenerios! Anyway, thanks for the video 📸.

  • @DarkHorseSki
    @DarkHorseSki Жыл бұрын

    The Waco siege was not a war. The OMFV dismount number was reduced to 6 many months ago.

  • @KimJungDwayne

    @KimJungDwayne

    Жыл бұрын

    I didn't hear him call it a war did you? He said waco seige, which is relevant because the Bradley was used. David Koresh had armor pentatrating ammunition and numerous automatic weapons not to mention dozens of men to fire them. The had to call in the army

  • @DarkHorseSki

    @DarkHorseSki

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KimJungDwayne He said Waco in a list of WARS (and he called them wars).

  • @k-9ram600
    @k-9ram600 Жыл бұрын

    1 minute watching and more than 9 minute more left to finish the video. "If you like the video"

  • @putinscat1208
    @putinscat1208 Жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to see these and Abrams on HDTV next year!

  • @brianfoley4328
    @brianfoley4328 Жыл бұрын

    Looking at the photo...I can't help but see the M-3 Grant

  • @robertcarlosllenarizas7987
    @robertcarlosllenarizas7987 Жыл бұрын

    I want this as my SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE... S.U.V... INTIMIDATING STANCE AND POWER...

  • @jedironin380

    @jedironin380

    Жыл бұрын

    I was just wondering when the Bradley chassis will hit the Surplus market? :D

  • @jeremymixon8590

    @jeremymixon8590

    Жыл бұрын

    Or at least to go get groceries...maybe people will start paying more attention to the road than their phone, when there's a 25mm in their rear view mirror. If not, oh well!🤷‍♂️

  • @victornishimoto6029
    @victornishimoto6029 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video review!! Does it have Anti Drone Protection? Thank you!

  • @ghostmourn
    @ghostmourn Жыл бұрын

    1970's American design and manufacture was first rate. Around that time Americans designed and build so many formidable machines and technology's. Anyway, no one wants to start trouble when Bradley's are around! Just being near one you can tell they are deadly and tough as rocks.

  • @bennramnarine3395
    @bennramnarine3395 Жыл бұрын

    Very good presentation. The Bradley is a legend in its class and its valuable service. its replacement requires much thought and innovation to meet the new and emerging threats, which does not necessarlily require large scale armored warfare.

  • @incredible_facts

    @incredible_facts

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @davidmason4244

    @davidmason4244

    Жыл бұрын

    @@incredible_facts may I ask for the song used in the begining of this video, I've been looking for this song for awhile but dont know the song, or the creator. Thank you, and great video by the way.

  • @lorenzostefa1441
    @lorenzostefa1441 Жыл бұрын

    is amazing vehicle...

  • @matthiuskoenig3378
    @matthiuskoenig3378 Жыл бұрын

    lol 3:00 clearly shows the us vehicle ramming the one with the russian flag not the other way round.

  • @hakkigakki2050

    @hakkigakki2050

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. USA is provocating/harrasing others and then blame the opponent.

  • @htvlogs80
    @htvlogs80 Жыл бұрын

    As a former combat vet with the 1st Cavalry division, the M2 Bradley’s are great armored troop carrier. But when I ran into a Stryker brigade unit from 2ID, those Stryker’s I like more & they can be equipped with a 30mm cannon, more powerful than the Bradley’s 25mm. If they can give the Stryker a little more armor for protection, you got yourself the deadliest 💀 armored troop carrier ever build.

  • @christianvasquez7009

    @christianvasquez7009

    Жыл бұрын

    The Stryker can't compete with a Bradley.

  • @szerg2695

    @szerg2695

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@christianvasquez7009 Why?

  • @FeiHuWarhawk
    @FeiHuWarhawk Жыл бұрын

    Looks like an M3 Stuart

  • @paulguzman1634
    @paulguzman1634 Жыл бұрын

    Looks almost like an M-5 Stuart on steroids!:)

  • @donaldjonesgonzalez2761
    @donaldjonesgonzalez2761 Жыл бұрын

    ALL APPROVED; 🦊

  • @barriewright2857
    @barriewright2857 Жыл бұрын

    This vehicle has reached the end of the road in regard to its development, and still cannot carry a full squad after all of it's upgrades. The US army needs a replacement with all of the latest technologies current for today. it definitely needs replacement will be in service with all of the upgrades until 2030 that's fifty years and even i won't look that good with all of the patch ups, it's time for a new AFV.

  • @AriktheTerrible
    @AriktheTerrible Жыл бұрын

    Mentioning Waco was not cool at all.

  • @richardbradley2335
    @richardbradley2335 Жыл бұрын

    What R2-D2 dreams of being.

  • @vinnygoombatts1458
    @vinnygoombatts1458 Жыл бұрын

    My son says the troops love the Bradley

  • @Stephen_Conquer
    @Stephen_Conquer Жыл бұрын

    Its my favorite vehicle in battlefield VG

  • @zacharyrogerssr9331
    @zacharyrogerssr9331 Жыл бұрын

    This vehicle has two purposes. Drop off infantryman and get the 25 mm into the fight.

  • @KilroyishereYT
    @KilroyishereYT Жыл бұрын

    Great... is it the same or did they add an extra floor to the building?

  • @TacticalCaveman997
    @TacticalCaveman997 Жыл бұрын

    We should build a armored fighting vehicle with a GAU 8 on it 😅

  • @bowlampar
    @bowlampar Жыл бұрын

    Nice to ride in an armor vehicle that is fast, full of fire power and also able to keep me dry while crossing river.

  • @jeremymixon8590
    @jeremymixon8590 Жыл бұрын

    ...but have they figured out how to improve that part that assists the automatic lift to the power unit access panel that keeps breaking? I'm sure those dismounts are tired of lifting it manually...

  • @michaelharris8228
    @michaelharris8228 Жыл бұрын

    Park one of these in your driveway, your neighbor will never dare to block you in!!!

  • @putinscat1208

    @putinscat1208

    Жыл бұрын

    Your drive-way will sink 3 feet.

  • @navyhmc8302
    @navyhmc8302 Жыл бұрын

    Forgive me Army types, but the first photo of one of these I saw, I first thought it was a M3 Grant....

  • @decaturdavis5192
    @decaturdavis5192 Жыл бұрын

    Did he really just reference the Waco siege as a battle field the Bradley served on….. lol

  • @jackbrown8052
    @jackbrown8052 Жыл бұрын

    Still haven't upgraded its main weapon from 25mm to 30mm? What's the reason for staying with the antiquated and under powered 25mm?

  • @billdevitt4324
    @billdevitt4324 Жыл бұрын

    What the A2A4 Bradley could definitely use, especially after the use of drones in the Russia/Ukraian War analysis, is a self-sufficient AAA System. 😉☺

  • @specialist4566

    @specialist4566

    Жыл бұрын

    the main gun can be used for AAA

  • @miletello1

    @miletello1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@specialist4566 yup there's even an AA sight available

  • @zacharyrogerssr9331

    @zacharyrogerssr9331

    Жыл бұрын

    @@specialist4566 that would be a hell of a shot. It's easy on the simulators though

  • @specialist4566

    @specialist4566

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zacharyrogerssr9331 true, but it is a valid target

  • @jedironin380

    @jedironin380

    Жыл бұрын

    @@specialist4566 Just hope there aren't too many friendly civilians about 4 miles that way. ;)

  • @angelitoalcazar6577
    @angelitoalcazar6577 Жыл бұрын

    Bradley is very strong and high capabilties to support troop even in urban fight someday the phillipines marines and army got this units

  • @Dana-ie2bh

    @Dana-ie2bh

    Жыл бұрын

    Bahala Na

  • @ericclausen6772
    @ericclausen6772 Жыл бұрын

    And for a reason why it looks like an older Sherman

  • @vincentlemond424
    @vincentlemond424 Жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one that thinks this Bradley looks more like the Grant?

  • @peterbaker8443
    @peterbaker8443 Жыл бұрын

    We should adopt cv 90s everything you want in a ifv

  • @Quilustrucu
    @Quilustrucu10 ай бұрын

    And then came drones and the event of Bradley squares...

  • @ericb.4358
    @ericb.4358 Жыл бұрын

    The newest upgrades to the BRADLEY are basically "Band Aids" until the Army chooses a modern IFV. It will probably have a 50 mm main chain gun and definitely the new 6.8 x 51 M250 machine gun form SIG/SAUER. Hopefully it will be a CV90 IFV.

  • @DriveByShouting

    @DriveByShouting

    4 ай бұрын

    6.8x51 is Dead in the Water as a 5.56/M4/M16 replacement. Definitely has a future with SOF bolt/semi Auto DMR’s absolutely. We’d be going back in time to the M-14; Basically going back to a 20rd Rifle that is uncontrollable on FA Fire. The M16 with a 20” Barrel, 30rd mags, (60rd drums) controllable, accurate and reliable. (Not a M4 fan. Carried an M16A4 on two deployments. The ACOG with the velocity of a 20” barrel and gas system is bliss. Plus you can carry 1,500rds or 500rds per man (In a Infantry Rifle role/Replacement, which the M5 yearned to do). The M4’s are giving the Corps fits. (Carbine length gas system and 1/3 less velocity) I’d expect a M16A5 with a chrome BCG, free float rail and a good fixed power optic. I could see the 6.8x51 as a replacement for the 7.62x51 in LMG’s however. Tremendous in that role.

  • @ericb.4358

    @ericb.4358

    4 ай бұрын

    DriveBy, My dear fellow, the Big Army has already adopted the 6,8 x 51 for its SIG M7 battle rifle and SIG M250 light machine gun. Noe the challenge is to get NATO to also adopt it.The 5.56 x 48 will still be around for at least a decade in various uses. THE REVOLUTION IS IN THE M157 VORTEX SIGHT SYSTEM. I mean, c'mon, an 80% hit probability at 700 meters by an "average infantryman" is daymn good and means a bit less ammo needing to be carried.@@DriveByShouting

  • @theimmortal4718
    @theimmortal4718 Жыл бұрын

    We sure we're still using the Brad in Sadr City in 2008

  • @francismcclaughry3794
    @francismcclaughry3794 Жыл бұрын

    some one that served on them said they were temperamental machines

  • @Cuevanator
    @Cuevanator Жыл бұрын

    The real question is if with the development of Smart Shoulder launched top attack munitions if the IFV is even possible? We have seen MBT’s especially Russia’s tabk force get absolutely annihilated by inexperienced and low trained Ukrainian conscripts. This will be an interesting time to see if the IFV will survive or pass into obscurity and another system be developed.

  • @ironstarofmordian7098

    @ironstarofmordian7098

    Жыл бұрын

    Russian armor fought in tight, urban areas and woods. The whole Kyiv offensive canalized the russian army. Combine that with a limited amount of infantry to esort, poor training, poor maintenance, and poor leadership and you get the results the russians got. Modern hard kill APS is already making the job of an infantry anti tank team more difficult. Fundamentally, it was not a failure of the tank as a concept but fhe failure of russian combined arms that caused the disaster in the North.

  • @Cuevanator

    @Cuevanator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ironstarofmordian7098 That is not the argument I was making. I was making the argument that Smart munitions in untrained hands wrecked havoc on MBT’s which the IFV is not even close to. My argument is in a battle space where MBT’s find themselves vulnerable what will become of the IFV? This video mentions reactive armor panels but on the side not on top. Which smart munitions attack from the top. That was my argument. The lack of combined arms maneuver is another issue but a good one to bring up and certainly is a contributing factor.

  • @Dovahkiin520
    @Dovahkiin520 Жыл бұрын

    Says M2 but kept showing the M3 model 😅

  • @ericclausen6772
    @ericclausen6772 Жыл бұрын

    It should have side armor that uses a hydraulic to open the side armor to open and give the troops dismounting have a shield on both sides for small arms fire and when closed gives the Bradley's an extra layer of armor when closed and the vehicle is moving isn't that the whole reason of the Bradley keeping it crew and the soldiers inside a fighting chance and I think having a system to open the armor for the troops dismounting the vehicles and fighting next to the Bradley's weapons systems

  • @Marcelo-jj6lp
    @Marcelo-jj6lp Жыл бұрын

    Hermosos un placer

  • @usdefensemilitary4848
    @usdefensemilitary4848 Жыл бұрын

    super

  • @petesmith8362
    @petesmith8362 Жыл бұрын

    Death trap!!

  • @Jagerclips301
    @Jagerclips301 Жыл бұрын

    its giving the stuart vibes

  • @gryphus64
    @gryphus64 Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps the only way to reduce weight is to use more kevlar panels in the design and less steel? When a new vehicle is produced the existing stock of bradleys will remain potent for another 30 to 50 years.

  • @themanmike1
    @themanmike1 Жыл бұрын

    I'm still a softy for the M113.

  • @c4blew

    @c4blew

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah, yes, the good old Elefantenrollschuh (german for Elephant roler-skates). Horribly bad APC, but very iconic!😆

  • @themanmike1

    @themanmike1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@c4blew If it was used as designed it could still be used today! German roller skaters think it can do anything and get themselves killed in one. It is a support vehicle not a front line combat vehicle. When used in it's proper role, the M113 excels. Ambulance, Mortar carrier, Anti tank and Anti air launcher, Command vehicle the list of jobs it does goes on and on. DO NOT put a turret on it and expect it to go toe to toe with a T-72, only roller skaters would do that. Designed in 1953 and still on battle fields today speaks volumes.

  • @rael5469
    @rael5469 Жыл бұрын

    It's not made by BAE it's made by FMC.

  • @chrisstancer5857

    @chrisstancer5857

    Жыл бұрын

    FMC became United Defense, which was then bought by BAE Systems.

  • @janaldrichlandicho3560
    @janaldrichlandicho3560 Жыл бұрын

    wait i thought theyre gonna go for like lynx and abandoning the bradley IFV

  • @ArkT64
    @ArkT64 Жыл бұрын

    i thought i was looking at an M3 Lee for a brief moment

  • @farfelforever
    @farfelforever Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the movie Pentagon Wars. Hee Hee

  • @ultrasupertrunk90

    @ultrasupertrunk90

    Жыл бұрын

    you do know that movie is completely satire and shouldn't be taken seriously right?

  • @jopiaspieder1184
    @jopiaspieder1184 Жыл бұрын

    I want one

  • @MoistCroissant_9
    @MoistCroissant_9 Жыл бұрын

    It is not made to engage tanks, it’s designed to support dismounted infantry rather than drop off and leave like the m113

  • @dovahkiin3526

    @dovahkiin3526

    Жыл бұрын

    The TOW2 system disagrees with you

  • @robertoorsi5771
    @robertoorsi5771 Жыл бұрын

    I'm waitng for M5 and M6 improvement using armours everywhere. What kind of veicle is under the armours? No one knows what is inside the armours.

  • @domenicozagari2443
    @domenicozagari244310 ай бұрын

    If they are civil wars, what the Bradly are doing there?

  • @dennisjones1707
    @dennisjones1707 Жыл бұрын

    The Bradley was not meant to go toe to toe with a Tank. Should fact check some of the info.

  • @josephgonzales4802
    @josephgonzales4802 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a old 11Bravo ,(1981-85). In 1984 my unit 1/7 Inf,3ID in Germany just received the first M-3 Bradley. I have mixed opinions of the vehicle. I believe we could off chosen a better IFV like the German Marder. 🇺🇸

  • @alibialexander

    @alibialexander

    Жыл бұрын

    As a current serving Brad mechanic the system is good but it doesn’t have enough space in it for troops and with the turret upgrades it’s got even less room

  • @josephgonzales4802

    @josephgonzales4802

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alibialexander I was a M-60 gunner, so I was part of the dismount team. I believe there was room for seven of us and three for the crew. A total of ten for a Infantry squad. 🇺🇸

  • @alibialexander

    @alibialexander

    Жыл бұрын

    @@josephgonzales4802 now good luck getting six in there comfortably the jump gunner seat is usually gone so you max is 6 dismounts in modern body armor and everything. Absolutely uncomfortable for them.

  • @josephgonzales4802

    @josephgonzales4802

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alibialexander Wow! 😯 I see a lot has changed. It was uncomfortable ride back then too. Thanks for sharing. 😌

  • @cades93041

    @cades93041

    Жыл бұрын

    Being as you weren't on a marder I am sure you don't know it was a pos

  • @kennethwilson8633
    @kennethwilson8633 Жыл бұрын

    Beats walking

  • @thomasbernecky2078
    @thomasbernecky2078 Жыл бұрын

    we have 2800 Bradleys in storage now. They're planned to be retired soon. We also have 5000 Strykers, also planned to be replaced soon. We have 142 MGS Strykers with a 105mm autocannon, which have already been retired and will be scrapped. Ukraines army has 700,000 troops now, and we've sent them 150 Bradleys and Strykers? do the math. then write your reps. oh and we have 8000 M-113's which will never be used again. (this fine info came from Perun). Oh, and it doesn't weigh 36,000 Kg?

  • @putinscat1208

    @putinscat1208

    Жыл бұрын

    Retired? Give some to Ukraine.

  • @RAD-82ndABN
    @RAD-82ndABN Жыл бұрын

    Kind of looks like a WW2 M3 Lee/Grant Tank?

  • @napeekapunpimtongnara9111
    @napeekapunpimtongnara9111 Жыл бұрын

    It looks awe-inspiring, like an armored car that's a powerful robot that's beautiful in a creative sense. It can prevail over the enemy.

  • @fuckoff4581
    @fuckoff4581 Жыл бұрын

    good enough. cannot cover every eventuality just the most lethal and then a capability to support as is needed on the modern battlefield. the bradley can carry with troops some manpads along with support for heavy and medium armor as well as light armor so it is an effective weapon as long as it is used correctly.

  • @ian2372
    @ian2372 Жыл бұрын

    That more looks like an American vehicle ramming the Russian vehicle to me.

  • @pgocon
    @pgocon Жыл бұрын

    There are no inflatable pontoons, or swim barrier. They have not conducted swim operations in years.

  • @janmuller9878
    @janmuller9878 Жыл бұрын

    I would like to see how a PUMA compares to it....

  • @ultrasupertrunk90

    @ultrasupertrunk90

    Жыл бұрын

    Germany is going to have to actually build them in meaningful numbers first and it would honestly do fine the new TOWs are insane

  • @unscinfinitydropshippalmer6146
    @unscinfinitydropshippalmer6146Күн бұрын

    what if its front sprocket gets taken out💀

  • @boblawblaw892
    @boblawblaw892 Жыл бұрын

    Within 10 years a new program will be started to replace the Bradley and in 20 years it will be replaced outright.

  • @KingofDiamonds117
    @KingofDiamonds117 Жыл бұрын

    does it have anti missile capability? because I hear those things hurt.

  • @zacharyrogerssr9331

    @zacharyrogerssr9331

    Жыл бұрын

    You don't really worry about that when you have the best Navy ever. Air attacks on US Infantry is a suicide mission

  • @Greyhorse15
    @Greyhorse156 күн бұрын

    Ukrainians have shown how badass the Bradley really is.

  • @warrensmith2902
    @warrensmith2902 Жыл бұрын

    Why does it look so much like an M-3 Stuard from WWII gown up?

  • @nathanpatrick7094
    @nathanpatrick7094 Жыл бұрын

    Though they add 50 mm chain gun maybe it just protype

  • @Jakezillagfw

    @Jakezillagfw

    Жыл бұрын

    Must be that's what I heard as well.

  • @prakashjp4937
    @prakashjp4937 Жыл бұрын

    1k like 👍

  • @badmacdonald
    @badmacdonald Жыл бұрын

    i had to rewnd the video a few times and still couldnt believe my ear so had to put the subtitles on and yes he said 'Waco siege'! good grief!

  • @bigbob1699
    @bigbob1699 Жыл бұрын

    It is big, shaped like a tank, plays with other tanks, ergo it will be hit with anti-tank weapons.

  • @Tkcrypto1
    @Tkcrypto1 Жыл бұрын

    This thing is a beast

  • @sanyasuk.8003
    @sanyasuk.8003 Жыл бұрын

    You crain need it.

  • @maxjohnson1758
    @maxjohnson1758 Жыл бұрын

    Uh. Kinda looked like it was our vehicle that side swiped the Russian one... .

  • @junaidyaustero7807
    @junaidyaustero7807 Жыл бұрын

    😍🤩

  • @gibbsm
    @gibbsm Жыл бұрын

    I think it has a tiny gun for how what a chungus it is.

  • @seanmccafferty2197
    @seanmccafferty2197 Жыл бұрын

    They need to test it at the boarder agents the cartel. ..

  • @Duckfootdewey
    @Duckfootdewey Жыл бұрын

    Stop throwing money at the Bradley. Time to replace the platform entirely. Either buy the CV90 mk 4 or the Lynx, but stop wasting money on this antiquated system.

  • @Jay-ye5gk

    @Jay-ye5gk

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s what I was thinking the Bradley is sadly weak

  • @ultrasupertrunk90

    @ultrasupertrunk90

    Жыл бұрын

    the problem is the numbers needed to replace the entire fleet would cost an insane amount of money, the us military isnt some small force like germany, swedan, norway, ect, it is a massive beast, and we already have the massive amount of logistics in place already for the USs HBCT to support the damn things. you gotta think you're not just replacing the vehicle itself, you're replacing the entire support structure around it.

  • @007diego2
    @007diego2 Жыл бұрын

    Pressure Cooker