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The Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) is an American tracked armored fighting vehicle of the United States developed by FMC Corporation and now manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, formerly United Defense. It is named for U.S. General of the Army Omar Bradley. The Bradley is designed to transport infantry or scouts with armor protection, while providing covering fire to suppress enemy troops and armored vehicles. Variants include the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and the M3 Bradley reconnaissance vehicle. The M2 holds a crew of three—a commander, a gunner and a driver—along with six fully equipped soldiers. The M3 mainly conducts scout missions and carries two scout troopers in addition to the regular crew of three, with space for additional BGM-71 TOW missiles. In 2014, the U.S.

Developed in the late 1980s to improve survivability over earlier models, the M2A2 Bradley entered U.S. Army service in 1988, while the specialized M7 BFIST variant was introduced in the early 2000s to replace the aging M981 Fire Support Team Vehicle. The M2A2 saw its baptism by fire during Operation Desert Storm, where it famously destroyed more enemy armored vehicles than the M1 Abrams, and both variants later played critical roles during the Iraq War. Today, the Bradley family remains the backbone of U.S. Army armored formations, with modernized variants continuing to serve globally and several dozen being transferred to Ukraine to support its defense forces.