Posted on 01/18/2024 11:22:12 AM PST by marcusmaximus
The devastating efficacy of the US Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) has been revealed in heart-pounding new footage from the frontlines of Ukraine.
An incredible clip shared by Ukraine's 109th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade showed how the expertly piloted Bradley saved a troop of Kyiv's soldiers from certain death, reducing three Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicles to smouldering wrecks.
The unit was defending the village of Stepove in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region when a group of Russian armour descended on their location, ready to rain down cannon fire on the Ukrainian positions.
Footage showed a trio of BMPs motoring towards the town, threatening to flank the Ukrainian positions - until the Bradley screamed into view and began blasting them with armour-piercing rounds from its 25mm cannon.
The Russian vehicles were torn apart as the Bradley's cannon smashed through their hulls and blew off their tracks, saving the defenders of Stepove from a bleak fate.
Another clip even showed the Bradley taking on a Russian tank - with resounding success.
The T-90 is among Russia's most advanced tanks on the battlefield in Ukraine, with Putin himself declaring it the world's best - but thanks to the Bradley's armour-piercing rounds and some precision gunning, it was quickly torn apart.
Tracer rounds were seen streaking through the twilight, illuminating the snowy ground and ripping into the tank, which moments later erupted like a firework as the ammunition inside ignited.
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What a bloody mess. Thanks Joe Biden.
I don’t really think of a Bradley as a tank killer, but I guess it can be. Suspect some luck was involved.
devastating efficacy
heart-pounding
incredible
expertly piloted
certain death
smouldering wrecks
Whew!
I know we don’t see Russian victories…but seeing Russian tanks blow up diodes warm my heart.
Interesting note. The Nazi released videos always have some kind of metal music soundtrack. Probably a euro-skinhead thing.
That this isn’t a world war yet is a miracle from God.
Let us revel in and celebrate all the bloodshed. /sarc
T-90 is overhyped garbage.
Tell Russia to leave Ukraine.
That’s what happens when you send Ruskies to fight without their eggs and cucumbers. Putin should have listened to you. You must be eggstatic.
Lit that mofo up!
T-90 not stronk as bull.
This shouldn’t be a surprise; the Bradley smoked a ton of old Soviet armor in both Kuwait and Iraq.
Give the (actual) devil his due.
Putin's Russia never had to invade Ukraine. Those Russian armored vehicles and the T-90 tank would then never have been fired upon.
Their crews could still be sitting in Moscow or St. Petersburg, sipping tea. But no...
Regards,
Just imagine how efficient the upcoming Bradley replacement will be...
The Bradley is a great tank killer, but should be doing so with TOW missiles, not their chain gun. The Bradley prevailed here through a combination of skill, aggressiveness, and probably a bit of luck.
Just commenting on the video itself, not leaping into any political fray here:
I don’t see any reaction / movement / anything from the BMPs, and the Brad is blasting them from point-blank range with its entire hull exposed- the cannon on the BMP would have no trouble penetrating the Bradley at that range at all. Looks to me like the BMPs are already disabled and/or abandoned, and the Brad crew is just making sure of it / making sure there aren’t infantry hiding inside.
As for the tank, I don’t see any sign of armor penetration, which isn’t a surprise. It looks more to me like the Bradley’s fire damaged the main gun tube, and the tank crew tried to fire a round from it, resulting in that spray of sparks. I notice the video just stops right there- we don’t get to see whether the tank is otherwise impaired. I suspect not. But taking its main cannon out of the fight is significant. And I wouldn’t want to be in an AFV trading shots with a tank in the first place. That definitely takes some balls (or panicked desperation).
The other possibilities I wonder about in the tank clip is if that spray of sparks is either a Brad round detonating after a delay, or some aspect of the active armor going off. I don’t place much stock in either though, just tossing them out there.
Finally, I see the phenomenon of unnecessarily adding music to every video ever is alive and well outside the Anglosphere of social media. And whoever thought those fake digital-artifact transitions looked “cool” or “badass” needs to be slapped.
I think this is propaganda.
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