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The Bradley IFV has received an undue amount of criticism over the years. With the proliferation of the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, the US Army recognized that they would need their own infantry fighting vehicle to replace the aging M113 armored personnel carrier. What emerged was the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, designed as the M2 IFV and M3 CFV. The Bradley was lambasted by military reformers for various reasons. The Bradley did have some faults, but its poor reputation is largely unearned.
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - History
2:17 - Bradley's Initial Reception
3:45 - ODS
4:31 - Closing Statement
Sources:
The Bradley and how it Got that Way, Technology, Institutions, and the Problem of Mechanized Infantry in the United States Army – W. Blair Haworth
Bradley: A History of American Fighting and Support Vehicles - R.P. Hunnicutt
NSIAD-87-40 Bradley Vehicle: Army's Efforts To Make It More Survivable
NSIAD-92-94 Operation Desert Storm: Early Performance Assessment of Bradley and Abrams
NSIAD-88-149FS Bradley Vehicle: Status of Transmission's Reliability
Department of Defense Appropriations for 1984
A182777 Army Acquisition System vs. The Media
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