Finally US Army Reveal Bradley M2 Replacement

Finally US Army Reveal Bradley M2 Replacement. The M2 Bradley has been a workhorse of an infantry fighting vehicle for the US Army since the 1980s but over 40 years later it’s time for a change. Enter the XM-30, the next generation of IFV that promises to take thousands of troops to the battlefield in the next generation of warfare. As of this year, the companies behind the project have been given the green light to continue with the development phase of the XM-30 project, so it won’t be long before we see these fighting transporters in action. Let’s have a look at the project so far.

[carlousmagus]

It should have a 3-man crew: the Commander, the Gunner, and the Driver. Doing more with less always ends bad. You need to talk to the Soldiers/Marines who actually have to take the thing into combat.

[JohnPeeler-zz]

There was no mention of capability to employ or integrate with drones. Lessons learned from the conflict in Ukraine should make this capability a requirement.

[Sergeantgrunt]

I'm an old Bradley Commander and I really valued my gunner. It left me with other duties to perform while my gunner did his job of acquiring and eliminating the threats. I could find the next target and slave him to the area. Relay that info to command and direct the driver to my next defilade. Putting all the on one person may very well decrease the lethality of the vehicle. I seem to recall a conversation I had with a BAE guy in Korea about putting the crew in the hull and packing the turret with ammo and other equipment. I get that BAE isn't in the running but damn, I guess my idea was a hit.

[LawrenceHart-hf]

I am an old Chemical Soldier who spent over half my 11 1/2 years assigned to the infantry. We had 113's than Bradley's. Which ever vehicle the Army choices. Make sure it can survive a Chemical or EMP attack. Remember saving the solider is key.

[stltrekmodels.]

The Klingon Empire is impressed with these designs even though they are not equipped with Disruptors.

[dexterplameras]

I'm Australian, whatever the US army chooses, it will have a great vehicle, but it's interesting that in Australia the AS21 RedBack (OshKosh's/Hanwha bid for XM30), beat out Rheinmetall Lynx in the Australian Land 400 bid, but the Lynx was prefered over OshKosh in America. Australian soldiers prefered the AS21 over the Lynx and from a supply chain standpoint it was a no brainer for Australia to go with the AS21 as it has parts commonality with the K21 Korean IFV. America has no such supply chain constraints because anything they make will be the largest in the world.

[cordellej]

so the army HAS NOT ACTUALLY REVEALED THE M2 REPLACEMENT THEN?

[MadmanLink]

A 2 man crew isn't feasible. The commander will be overwhelmed with everything he has to do.

[tenkloosterherman]

These new IFV's look more and more like tanks that carry some soldiers along for the ride. In my time in the Royal Dutch Army I was a group commander in the 41st Armoured Engineer Company, stationed at Hohne, Germany. A group consisted of 12 enlisted solders, 1 enlisted group commander and 1 driver. We used the M-113 as transport, packed to the gunnels with tool boxes, explosives cases, wooden planks and whatever else we thought we might need. For fighting purposes we had the standard M2 pintle gun and that was it. The basic motto was "Engineers don't do combat because they are too rare and too precious". If we encountered enemy forces we would engage, unless there was too much resistance, in which case we would call for infantry support. I think it is a strange decision to reduce the amount of soldiers carried per vehicle.

[DarkHorseSki]

It's worth noting that the Army was expected to pick THREE competitors to move into phase 3-4 of the OMFV (XM30) process.

[meowmeowbobo]

It needs laser gun. Ukraine videos has convinced me RC toy planes are an absolute menace in the modern battlefield. It calls artillery strikes, spots troop movement and can drops bombs by itself while cost nothing and is flying. The weapon is terrifying. If drones are not kept in check you are at a massive advantage. Laser gun is critical to counter these weapons.

[yesthanks]

Whatever they do they better have a defense against drones .. wether that’s jamming or a radar controlled mini-gun - cannon.. I feel drone defense is a must have for any future battlefield… just my opinion

[fredtorres]

The Ukrain conflict demonstrates the importance (understatement) of the IFV. There are clips where Bradleys engage a T-90 and beat it. What future IFV need are drones as well for eyes in the sky. The battle field is now 3 dimensional and who can see first can shoot first.

[pavelavietor]

ELECTRIC POWER WTF. FUTURE FALIURE. SALUDOS

[nhmtnbkr]

Dude...not Rheinmetall is not "rhine-metal", it's "rhine-mett-ALL"

[yourintrepidtravelers]

Such a well done video! Thank you. That is such a cool vehicle.

[thomasenright]

If they are going to develop a new type of APC, they need something that can survive both Improvised Exploding Devices, or anti tank mines, as well as to be able t take down drones that come in to take them out, as far as I know I don't think I seen anyone thinking about that treat, you can how effective drones are in Ukraine against both Tanks and APC.

[mattycakes]

The launcher needs to be loadable from inside and needs to be able to hold Switchblade drone launch tubes of various sizes (300/600) aside from missiles, perhaps even have a tethered drone with a spool (like a powered kite) since it'll have a nice electrical setup and batteries. Then it will be able to send that up to provide overwatch for the troops, identify targets from miles away, range them, attack directly, or send the appropriate Switchblade drone or missile to deal with whatever pops up.

[peterryan]

Australia should have sequenced it’s decision for an AFV and aligned with the US. There’s benefit in alignment re spare parts and logistics in a theatre of combat

[jeffhamac]

Or to defend against drones, I'm thinking if ever we have a technology for the tanks to have individual anti drone signal generator that will cover the tank like an invisible force field for any drone within a certain distance either loses its signal from the drone operator or has difficulty targeting the tank coz its being jammed. I think that's better than having extra weapon to defend against drones, adding more weight compared to a small signal jammer emitting signals against drones.