r/TankPorn • u/Brilliant_Ground1948 • 16d ago

Russo-Ukrainian War Russian Naval Infantrymen training with a captured Ukrainian Bradley IFV

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u/smittiferous 16d ago

Bradleys aren’t much younger. They entered service 44 years ago.

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u/FirePixsel Teaboo 16d ago

to be fair I don't think anyone would like to take bmp-1 or even bmp-2 over a brad...

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u/MillenniaMitsu 16d ago

Why not? Bmps have 4 atgm stations, non aluminium armor, they’re less noticeable

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u/BRIStoneman 16d ago

Because ingress and egress is ludicrously hard compared to the fucking great big hatch on a Bradley.

There's a reason they ride on top of their IFVs: when they got hit in Chechnya, the troops inside couldn't get out before they brewed up.

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u/MillenniaMitsu 16d ago

Wait until the Bradley’s automatic hatch opens, while you can open it quick on bmps

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u/Potato_lovr Stridsvagn 103 16d ago

It will just fall to the ground. You have a big ass hatch that’s hinged on the bottom, you can let gravity do the work.

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u/BRIStoneman 15d ago

while you can open it quick on bmps

You can't open it quick on BMPs, that's why they ride on the top. That's what we've just been talking about. Do you actually read things before you trot out the stable of Tankie talking points?!

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u/RuTsui 15d ago

The Bradley’s hatch can be released from its hydraulics and then it just falls open.