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Historically, the Bradley family of IFVs has performed well operationally. This is in part due to the fact that the Bradley was designed to fight and maneuver in support of tanks on a “mechanized army versus mechanized army” battlefield. Consequently, it performed well when subjected to the conditio...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bruce J. Held, Mark A. Lorell, James T. Quinlivan, Chad C. Serena
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aerospace engineering Aircraft control Aircraft maneuvers Applied sciences Armed conflict Armed forces Aviation Command and control Engineering Ground transportation Ground vehicles Hybrid vehicles Military operations Military personnel Military science Military tactics Military vehicles Motor vehicles Political science Soldiers Special purpose vehicles Transportation Transportation modes Vehicles Vehicular flight War Warfare
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Zusammenfassung:	Historically, the Bradley family of IFVs has performed well operationally. This is in part due to the fact that the Bradley was designed to fight and maneuver in support of tanks on a “mechanized army versus mechanized army” battlefield. Consequently, it performed well when subjected to the conditions for which it was designed. Operation DESERT STORM and Phase 1 of OIF provided proof of concept insofar as the BFV demonstrated that it could indeed be effectively employed in mounted fire and maneuver. It also performed well when used to support deliberate dismounted infantry operations. But in the later or COIN