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M2 Bradley
M2A3 Bradley
Eurosatory 2022
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2024 Paris Eurosatory US M2
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M2 Bradley:
XM723 MICV prototype, 1973
XM723 MICV pilot model, 1975
XM723 MICV with 20 mm gun M139
XM723 MICV with 20 mm gun XM236
XM723 MICV with 25 mm Bushmaster cannon
XM723 MIVC with thicker trim vane
XM723 MICV with TOW launcher on turret roof
XM723 MIVC program terminated 1977
Combat vehicle armament system technology (CVAST) vehicle with Ares 35 mm Talon cannon, 1985
Inventory: M2/M3: 6329, 7578 (1991)
1999 - 6,720 M2/M3
MICV T-BAT-II turret (TOW Bushmaster Armored Turret for two men), 1977
FVS - Fighting Vehicle System M2/M3
XM2 Infantry fighting vehicle, 1978
M2E1 Block 1 modification including TOW 2 missile and gas particle filter system
M2A0 Bradley MICV with 25 mm M242 cannon and TOW launcher, 2300 vehicles for USA, 1979,
series production since 1981, 2300 vehicles
M2 with LRAT – Long-Range Anti-Tank missile system (Hellfire, FOG-M) on scissor mast, proposal 1985
Early prototype M2 with Garrett-Gasturbine GT601, TACOM nach 1984
M2A1 IFV Bradley MICV with 25 mm M242 cannon and Dragon/TOW 2 missiles, production since 1985, 1371 vehicles for USA (1986)
M2A2 IFV Bradley High Survivability version with Kevlar anti-spall liner and add-on armor, Javelin and Stinger missiles, 3053 vehicles for USA, since 1988
M2A2 with ERA
M2 chassis with ADATS turret, life firing tests 1990
M2 with mortar turret , proposal 1990
M2A2 ODS (Operation Desert Storm) with IBAS - Improved Bradley Acquisition System, GPS and missile countermeasure device, 1573 vehicles since 1996, + 60 in 2000
M2A2 ODS Bradley Battle Command Vehicle (BCV) with TOW and 25 mm chain gun, 2 in 1997
M2A2 Command and control vehicle (C2V), 49 vehicles 1997
M2A2 with 40 mm CT 2000 cannon with air defense capability using Starstreak dart technology, 2000
M2A2 with additional stowage racks on both hull sides for Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003
M2 command vehicle
M2A3 IBAS (Improved Bradley Acquisition System) with hunter/killer capability, roof fragmentation protection and advanced data system
first production model 1999, 1602 vehicle upgrades planned, +70 in 2000, +44 in 2002, +35 in 2003
M2A3 Bradley with reactive armor
M2A3 Bradley with active protection system IAAPS, 2003
M2A3 with FBCB2, 2001
M2 Electromagnetic Armor (EMA) demonstrator, UD, 2004
M2A3 with 30 mm cannon, UDLP proposal 2002
M2A3 with 30/40 mm cannon Mk44, 2003
M2A3 with Rafael RCWS-30, 2005
M2 minimum casualty version with external stowage of fuel and ammunition
M2 Bradley with Stingray LASER protection system, 1986
M2 with 30 mm Bushmaster II cannon
M2 with 30 mm ATK Samson Mk 2 RWS, 2013
M2 with 35 mm Bushmaster III cannon, evaluation vehicle only
M2 with 35 mm Ares Talon cannon in two man cleft turret, CVAST - Combat Vehicle Armament System Technology program
M2 COMVAT - Combat Vehicle Armament Technology program, CTA - Case Telescoped Ammunition with studies of 30 mm and 45 mm gun and unmanned turret
M2 with 50 mm Supershot APFSDS round, project 1995
M2 Bradley with INMARSAT satellite communication terminals, 4ID 2006
M2A4 (2020) with APS (cancelled)
M2A4E1 with Iron Fist*, 2024
XM7 Bradley FIST-V (Fire Support Team Vehicle), BFIST, 22 converted M2A2 ODS vehicles in 1997, 27 additional vehicles planned in 1999
XM7A1 Bradley FIST-V based on A3 vehicle
M7 Thunderstrike BFIST, LRIP 1998
M7A1 Bradley FIST with fully digitized system, Thunderstrike BFIST, 1997, +26 in 2000
M7A3 Bradley Fire Support Team Vehicle (BFIST), based on M3A3, upgrade by ULDP in 2001
M2 with Line-Of-Sight AT weapon system (LOSAT) with hydraulically elevated platform for 4 KEM launch tubes
M2 with VT-1 hyper velocity missile system
Bradley Air Defense Vehicles:
M2 Bradley chassis with platform for Chaparral AD system, proposal 1990
M2 Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle (BSFV), 1993
M6 based on M2A2 Bradley, Linebacker (Stinger) (BSFV-E Enhanced) with 25 mm chain gun but without TOW, 1996, delivery of 25 kits in 1998, 59 vehicles, being transferred to ANG units in 2001, 125 vehicles upgraded in 2005
M2 Bradley chassis with 25 mm Blazer AA system, 1984
M2 Bradley chassis with 25 mm GAU-12/U Gatling gun (BLAZER 25)
M2A2 with BLAZER AD system
M2 with ADATS, terminated
M2 with ADATS and additional 25 mm M242 gun
M2 with Rapier Mk III AD missile system, proposal 1987
M2 Bradley chassis with 2x4 launcher for CORPSAM AD system, proposal 1990
M2 (MLRS chassis) with Advanced Chaparral AD system, proposal 1982
M2 with BAE M-SHORAD proposal, 2017
XM3 Cavalry fighting vehicle
M3, 1979
M3E1 Block 1 modifications like M2E1
M3A1 CFV Bradley MICV with Dragon missile, since 1985
M3A1 Bradley chassis with ADATS, prototype
M3A2 CFV Bradley with Kevlar spall-liner and add-on armor, with Javelin missile
M3A2 ODS modification
M3A3 Cavalry Vehicle, 398 conversions planned in 2001, + 98 in 2002, + 103 in 2003
M3A3 with 40-50 mm gun, project 1995
M3A3 BFIST, 2002
M3A3 BFIST with Improved Bradley Acquisition System, 2006
M3 with Stingray and AN/VLQ-7 LASER-jammer, 2 for First Gulf War, but not used, 1991
M6 Linebacker, Bradley with Stinger
EAPS counter-rocket and mortar system testbed, concept in 2007
Test and evaluation vehicles:
M2 Bradley Composite Infantry Fighting Vehicle, 1989
+ M2 with composite hull, 1989
+ M2 with composite turret, 1983
CIFV – Composite Infantry Fighting Vehicle, 1980s
M2-based Composite Armored Vehicle Advanced Technology Demonstrator (CAV-ATD), 1997
M2-based electric drive vehicle HED-D (Hybrid Electric Drive Demonstrator), 1997
Crew integration and Automation Testbed (CAT) vehicle on M2A0 chassis, 1999
Fighting Vehicle Systems Carrier:
M987 Fighting vehicle system carrier, 1979
GSRS - General Support Rocket System:
+ XM993 carrier Boeing prototype MLRS, 1979
+ XM993 carrier Vought prototype MLRS, 1980, chosen system
M993 MLRS launcher vehicle, 227 mm (8.9 inch), also in service with Bahrain, France (54), Germany (202), Italy (20), Japan (9), Netherlands (21), Saudi Arabia, Turkey (168), UK (71), USA (857)
+ M270 launcher for ATACMS Block 1A with IPDS, 29 vehicles
+ M270A1 launcher with GPS initialisation, ATACMS Block IA
M993 MLRS launcher vehicle for ATACMS missile system, 1990
MLRS system with TACIT RAINBOW ground launched anti-radar missile (2x6 missiles), proposal
US Army Forward AD Line-Of-Sight, Heavy (FAAD-LOS-H) Paladin A2 proposal with Roland II/III missiles, 1987
Armored resupply modular system (ARMS), 1983
Future armored resupply vehicle (FARV)
M987 Forward Area Armored Logistics System (FAALS) for rearming M1 MBT
+ Armored Rearm Vehicle
+ Armored Refuel Vehicle, 1989
+ Armored Maintenance Vehicle, 1989
M993 Armored maintenance vehicle (AMV)
M993 Artillery rearm module (ARM), 1990
Armored Treatment and Transport Vehicle (ATTV)
+ ambulator patient configuration
+ litter patient configuration
+ future treatment configuration
XM1007 Armored forward area rearm vehicle (AFARV)
FAASV for M109, 2010
Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle (AMEV), BAE 2010
Armored Medical Treatment Vehicle (AMTV), BAE 2010
Bradley Command Post (BCP), BAE 2010
Bradley Mortar Vehicle (BMV) 120 mm, BAE 2010
Bradley General Purpose Vehicle (GPV), BAE 2010
Intelligence and EW Common Sensor (IEWCS) vehicles:
XM1070 Electronic fighting vehicle system (EFVS), 1986, 250 vehicles 1998
+ with AN/TSQ-114 TAILBLAZER (Trailblazer)
+ XM5 Ground-Based Common Sensor - Heavy (GBCS-H), 58 vehicles planned
+ Block II Ground Station Module (GSM)
Hughes VSTAR (Variable Search and Track AD radar) system, based on M993 chassis, 1981
M993 Elevated target acquisition system (ETAS), 1986
M993 carrier with SAR radar system
Firefinder Block III counter mortar / counter battery radar
XM4 Command and Control Vehicle (C2V), based on M993 chassis
M4 C2V, 2008
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2024 Paris Eurosatory US I2K Defense M270 dummy
In service with:
Bahrain:
MLRS, 7 in 1992
2009: 6 to be upgraded to M270C1 standard
Croatia:
until 2021: 76 M2A2 from US Army surplus
Denmark:
MLRS, 12 in 2000, to be retired in 2004
Egypt:
SPH-122, Bradley chassis with D-30 122 mm ordnance, 2000, 24
Finland:
2005: 12 from the Netherlands (MLRS?)
France:
Roland M3S, 1994
Thomson-CSF AIRSYS Crotale NG SHORAD, 1998
MLRS, 55 in 1995
EFCS
Germany:
MLRS system
MLRS chassis with elevating sensor platform (BFZR - Bewegt und Fest-Ziel-Radar), prototype 1998
+ Elevierbare Sensorplattform (ESP) mit Doppler-Teleskopmastsystem (DTMS), 1998
MLRS chassis with 155 mm AGM (Artillerie Geschütz Modul), 2003
EFCS
Greece:
MLRS, 18 in 1998
ATACMS, 81 in 1998
2021: up to 350 M2A2 from US Surplus
Israel:
Heavy Bradley, trials with modified vehicle without turret, additional armor and OWS, Rafael confirmed, but no production, suspension overloaded
M987 MLRS, 9 systems
227 mm MLRS, 48 in 2000, 64 in 2004
Italy:
MLRS, 24 in 2000
EFCS
Japan:
MLRS, 36 in 2000
Korea-South:
MLSV Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (DAEWOO)
MLRS: agreed to in 1996
MLRS, 29 in 2000
Lebanon:
2018: 32 from US
Netherlands:
MLRS, 22 in 2000, 12 to Finland in 2005
Norway:
MLRS, 12 vehicles 1998
Saudi Arabia:
200 vehicles planned
MLRS, 7 vehicles planned 1990
Taiwan:
MLRS procurement planned for 1998
Turkey:
MLRS, 9 in 1989, +6 in 1992
Ukraine:
United Kingdom:
MLRS, 63 in 2000
2003: 4 surplus vehicles to be converted into engineering vehicles
2006: surplus vehicles will receive shelter for Soothayer EW system
M270B2
US:
2002: 4,641 M2A1/A2
2002: MLRS 800
Further Literature:
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