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🇺🇸 M2 Bradley
Land · BAE Systems Land & Armaments (eski United Defense) — 🇺🇸 ABD · 1981
A tracked infantry fighting vehicle armed with a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon and TOW anti-tank missile; 3 crew + 6-7 infantry. In Ukraine it destroyed a Russian T-90M tank, proving its firepower-survivability balance.
Specifications
- Type: Tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV)
- Main gun: 25 mm M242 Bushmaster autocannon (900 rounds)
- Anti-tank: 2× TOW launcher (7 missiles) + 7.62 mm M240 coaxial
- Crew: 3 crew + 6 infantry (7 on A2 ODS/A3/A4)
- Max speed: 64 km/h (road)
- Weight: ~25 t
- Engine: Cummins VTA-903T diesel, 600 hp (A4: ~675 hp)
- Maker: BAE Systems Land & Armaments
- Upgrades: A3 full digitization; A4 power/suspension + APS (Iron Fist) ready
Beats: BMP-2, BMP-3
Loses to: Puma, CV90
The 25 mm M242 disabled a T-90M by targeting its turret-traverse mechanism (Stepove/Avdiivka, Jan 2024) — a rare case of an IFV defeating a main battle tank. Compared only with international peer IFVs (Puma, CV90, BMP-3).
Related systems
Related systems (Land): SİPER, HİSAR-O+, HİSAR-A+, SUNGUR, KORKUT, Tayfun, GÜRZ, S-400 Triumf, Patriot (PAC-3), Bora