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In 1976 the Bradley Infantry and Cavalry Fighting Vehicles were selected by the
U.S. Army to carry troops to protect tanks, to conduct warfare, and to consolidate
gains made by armor. The Bradley was designed to fire on the move, to defeat
tanks, to conduct troop-suppression and to conduct high-speed missions. The
Bradley was also made to swim. Only the Soviet BMP-2 comes close to the
Bradley's capabilities.
The Bradley has a cruising range of 300 miles and can travel at speeds of up to
41 mph. It can swim at the rate of 4.2 miles per hours.
The M2 version carries a squad of nine, including a driver, gunner, and com-
mander. The turret contains a McDonnell Douglas M242 25 millimeter chain gun.
Three hundred rounds of ammunition are carried in the turret, with an additional
600 rounds stowed in the hull.
The M240C machine gun is mounted to the right of the 25mm main gun. Other
armament includes a TOW missile launcher mounted in a hinged, rectangular
box on the left side of the turret. The Bradley carries seven TOW missiles. The
vehicle is also equipped with six M231 Colt 5.56mm, port-firing automatic weap-
ons, an M60 7.62mm squad machine gun, and ten M16 automatic rifles.
The M3 cavalry version is externally identical to the M2 Infantry but carries a
cavalry squad of five. The M3 stores twice as many rounds as the IFV and ten
additional TOW antitank missiles to complement the pair loaded in the side-
mounted launcher. The CFV can also carry five Dragon antitank missiles in place
of the TOW missiles. The CFV is not equipped with firing ports and carries just
five M16 rifles.