M3
Unofficial
names/slang: n/a
Function:
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Contractor:
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Unit cost:
approx. $----
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Width: 0'
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Height:
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Speed: --
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Weight
(Combat Loaded): 00.00 tons
Ground
Clearance: -- inches
Crew:
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Range:
approx. ----- mi
Engine:
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Armament:
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Description:
A tracked vehicle with light armor and armament.
Features: The BFVS is a lightly armored, fully
tracked fighting vehicle that provides cross-country
mobility, mounted firepower and protection from artillery
and small-arms fire. It is used in mechanized infantry and
armored cavalry combat. Infantry can fight from inside the
vehicle by using modified M-16 rifles mounted in firing
ports or may dismount from the M-2 version to fight on foot.
The M-3 version is also used by armored cavalry units. The
vehicle is armed with a 25mm cannon, effective against most
armored targets, and with the TOW missile, effective against
lightly armored targets out to its maximum range of 3,750
meters (2.3 miles).
Background: The Army received the Bradley
Fighting Vehicle in 1981. At the end of the latest contract
in FY94, the Army will have purchased 6,724 Bradleys.
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