Farewell to the bradley

[1 Patriot-of-many]

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hta.../20120305.aspx

Sure wish they'd let us bid on them at GL.

[gpwasr10]

I'd love to have one in the garage!

[5.56NATO]

They were a disaster to begin with, but if you could keep them out of mortar and artty fires they made a decent truck with a chaingun. If you were a guy in back you sat with your nads inches from du rounds. I wonder how many of them are hot externally with rads from all the du fired.

[1 Patriot-of-many]

My daughter at Camp Ripley next to apparent scrap bound..... There was 6 of them

[jonnyc]

Interesting read. Israel has used old tank hulls (T55/62, M60, Centurion) for that purpose. Good protection and mobility.

[gpwasr10]

Interesting read. Israel has used old tank hulls (T55/62, M60, Centurion) for that purpose. Good protection and mobility.

Serbs do this as well with their VIU-55 "Munja".

[btcave]

I had a love hate relationship with that vehicle. They were about as nimble as a fat lady in a powered wheelchair and was a maintenance nightmare. Gunnery was fun with them. Quite exhilerating to have your head out of the turret when you say fire to the gunner and the 25mm goes BOOM....BOOM,BOOM,BOOM!


Turret down defilade.

BC-"Gunner battlesight APC 1200 meters!"
G- "Identified!"
BC- "Driver up....Fire!"
BOOM....BOOM,BOOM,BOOM!
G- "Target Destroyed!"
BC- "Cease fire! Driver back!"

Ground into our heads on computer simulation for hours and hours week after week before going down range to shoot.

[T2K]

My old NG unit (now the 218th Heavy Bde, I believe, but we were the roundout brigade for the 1st ID when I was in) uses it. The article is clear that it's still in service, though not in combat, but will be replaced maybe by 2020 or later.

It was designed to complement the Abrams fighting the Soviets in a large European conventional war. I think it was and is suitable for that role.

For patrolling an occupied nation with an active insurgency / roadside bombs - no. All future wars may not be like Iraq though...

[1 Patriot-of-many]

I had a love hate relationship with that vehicle. They were about as nimble as a fat lady in a powered wheelchair and was a maintenance nightmare. Gunnery was fun with them. Quite exhilerating to have your head out of the turret when you say fire to the gunner and the 25mm goes BOOM....BOOM,BOOM,BOOM!


Turret down defilade.

BC-"Gunner battlesight APC 1200 meters!"
G- "Identified!"
BC- "Driver up....Fire!"
BOOM....BOOM,BOOM,BOOM!
G- "Target Destroyed!"
BC- "Cease fire! Driver back!"

Ground into our heads on computer simulation for hours and hours week after week before going down range to shoot.

Couldn't find the armor smiley....