Bradley Fighting Vehicle upgrades tested at YPG

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle has proved itself to be lethal and survivable in multiple theaters since first fielded nearly 40 years ago.

In the first Gulf War, only three of the more than 2,200 Bradley Fighting Vehicles that thundered into Iraq were lost to enemy fire.

Moreover, the Bradley, armed with a 25mm chain-driven autocannon, a 7.62 mm machine gun, and twin Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles, destroyed more armored Iraqi vehicles than did the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank.

Thoroughly digitized and boasting technology like thermal imagers, nearly 7,000 Bradleys have been fielded since their inception. Their ubiquity has influenced other important platforms in the country’s ground combat arsenal. The M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, for example, sports an engine and transmission common to that found in the Bradley, an interchangeability of components that makes the mission of field mechanics easier and suggests

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle has proved itself to be lethal and survivable in multiple theaters since first fielded nearly 40 years ago. Now, thoroughly digitized and boasting technology like thermal imagers, nearly 7,000 Bradleys have been fielded since their inception. (Photo by Mark Schauer)