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Bradley is not considered a battlefield taxi. It's an infantry fighting vehicle. A M113 is a battlefield taxi. A Stryker is a battlefield taxi. A Bradley, with long range sensor and TOW missile launcher, is designed to fight the enemy.

I bet you that Bradley guner plays war thunder 😂😂

Please. Stop calling the Bradley a "battlefield taxi". It's an infantry fighting vehicle designed to deliver dismounted infantry to the forward edge of an engagement and REMAIN there, fighting alongside main battle tanks and attack helicopters in what is called combined arms mechanized warfare. Armored personnel carriers like the U.S. M113 and the British FV432 are battlefield taxis.

The real weakness of the T-90M that is discussed here is very easy to see: It got off three shots, and they were ALL misses. That comes down to the comment that the expert made: CREW. This tank was destroyed because the Russian Crew didn't know how to use their machine... and that was true before the HE explosive blinding attack began. That's where the survivability of these machines really matters... the crew survives with their experience and training intact.

I was a scout in a 113 in the 80's and I planned if we ran into a tank I would open up with the ma duce and go for the glass [while the driver worked on getting us out]. would it work, maybe, maybe not. Glad I never got to find out.

War Thunder that's how the Bradley beat the T-90

War thunder bouta be a qualification on military resumes

It was an odd stroke of luck that the AP jammed, because those HE really devastated all those sensors. Amazing tenacity, those guys.

I'm a tank commander I have thousand hour war experience, in WAR THUNDER

The Bradley is so popular in the Ukraine they have named a place called 'Bradley Square' after it.

will Abrams also be blinded like that when under constant fire from HE rounds to all the delicate sensors?

The gunner said that he learned where to hit the T-90 from playing video games. The kamikaze drone flyers say the same thing. So parents, your kids playing games may just be preparing them for the future. 😊

In an Armored Cavalry Scout Platoon there are 4 per platoon like in a regular mechanized infantry platoon. In the platoon of 4 vehicles they operate as pairs during a combat engagement like 2 riflemen in combat. One fires to cover his buddy to maneuver close or to break contact. The only difference is in a cavalry scout troop is they can dismount scouts for recon and infantry platoons will deliver infantry for combat on their objective while providing fire support. These Ukrainian crews were taught very well prior to deployment to combat. NATO tank crews practice the same tactics too. Both Bradley IFVs operate like the Wingman Concept like fighter pilots operate as to fly and protect each other. In the Field Manual 7-8 Mechanized Infantry manual which is close to NATO doctrine.

The "expert" is saying that the T34 was the greatest tank in history and inspired all other tanks? Are you sure he is an expert :D?

A label saying T34 while pointing at several T-34, then a few KV-1 tanks.

Wow! How do these "experts" always seems to understand nothing about the vehicles or history. Even the statement that the t-90m is basic compared to a challenger or the abrams is outrageous. Every modern tank suffers from the same problems as the t-90.

The T80 that ran into the tree after being hammered by the Bradley; Almost looks like it was done deliberately to stop the turret rotation and thus being able to exit the tank...

I fully disagree that tank warfare hasn't changed. Kamikaze drones have made maneuver warfare nearly impossible. Tanks are purposely held back because all that's gonna happen is a $500 drone is gonna destroy a multi million dollar tank. The Russian side is far less conservative with its tanks for reasons that would require a whole essay to explain. But basically, it's not working very well. It's gotten slightly better since they've started welding sheet metal onto them. But when they hear about a western tank being in the area, there's no amount of sheet metal that'll save them, so they pull the tanks away. That combined with the kamikaze drone strategy is why there are no tank on tank battles happening in this war. Quite frankly, I think the age of the tank as we know it may be over. IFVs are the new tanks. Getting troops in quickly, providing covering fire against infantry and other armored vehicles like BMPs, and then loading up and getting the heck out. A tank can't transport troops like an IFV can. And a tank's anti-infantry and anti-armored vehicle capabilities are easily matched by drones, artillery, and IFVs. Big explosions, armor piercing, and machine gun fire. Even if an enemy tank shows up, what can a couple kamikaze drones not do that a multi million dollar tank can? Self-propelled artillery and shorad are basically the children that will inherit the remaining roles of the main battle tank.

I am amazed at the amount of mistakes in this report or whatever you want to call it. Also, this is over 6 month old footage

7:42 it wasn’t the Iraqi “national guard” but the Republican Guard. They were decimated.

As the Chieftain said, the tank is mobile, protected firepower. The protected leg of that triad has taken a hit from the ability of drones to strike at any point on the tank. In order to recover some of the tank’s resistance to damage, more armor, applied more widely, and/or active protection systems will have to be incorporated. This means more weight, something the logistics and transportation guys and the bean counters are loath to face.

Very impressive 3D models/diagram and the input of other tank commanders!! Badass video‼️

11:24 The expert mentions T-34, shows KV-1 😅😅

the tank expert just said .. " when it comes to tank warfare nothing has changed " well thats the biggest load of crap ive heard this decade considering 2 hits from 2 500 dollar drones and any tank be it m1a2 , leopard , t90m or challanger .... are all smoking ready to cook off their ammo ( era is useless ) ... the battlefield has a new king ... fpv drones .. anyone that denies that is talking rubbish

ALL tanks, from every country require support from troops and air. And support from other armor or artillery. It all boils down to tactics.

I remember 60 Minutes poo pooing the Bradley. Calling it "a target with men in it."

Drones are messing everybody up?

They should change the Bradleys name to the Honey Badger.

A lot of Australians that served in Chosen Company that have just rotated out in March including engineering teams said of all the tanks the Challenger Tanks where more trouble than their worth because they where extremely high maintenance and unreliable. For this reason they did not see a lot of action. They said they where too heavy for the terrain, the track pads constantly needed replacing and overly complicated design of both the targeting system and use of 2 piece ammunition are problematic. The leopards where much better in comparison but still heavy and costly to keep running. In the end most Ukrainians gravitated back to the T84 and simply preferred the Soviet tanks not just because of familiarity and reliability, they said in real world battlefield all the tanks ended up had the same survive-ability, but the T84's where more manoeuvrable and suited to the battlefield conditions and they where way more serviceable in the field which is critical to entering conflict and safely getting out again.

The bushmaster fires a mix of HE & AP rounds. It’s not just the HE going Splat! There are as many AP rounds tearing into those tanks.

angle , autocannon , sights and effective draw , simple really

This English " expert" is not biased at all 🙄

re 26:20. The guy talks about Abrams tanks but shows a film of the interior of a Russian tank with Russian soldiers.

When Brad met Vlad!

Hoping the right person will read this. In 1974 there was a special weapons maker in Albuquerque, NM who made a 20-barrelled .22LR Gatling Gun. It was designed to allow a rescue team to kick down a door, sweep the gun sideways in an arc across a room and put a bullet every inch across a large room where hostages were being held. Thus it was lightweight and had limited recoil. It had a ROF of 20,000 RPM if I recall correctly. This weapons would seem to be perfect for shooting down drones at short ranges as modern .22LR ammo has a muzzle velocity of 1,200fps or more, and .22 WM in excess of 2,200fps, so very accurate out to 125yrds and 500 vertical feet. An alternative round would be the .17 HMR with MVs in excess of 2,600fps. On a radar-controlled, articulated mount, such a weapon would offer excellent defensive fires against drones and ATGMs.

The reason they are "tethered" and moving in one line is anti-tank minefields. You would expect a tank expert to know this.

It is a mistake to say that Russia developed the T-34 tank. The T-34 tank was developed by the USSR. There were a lot of resources and talented people involved that are no longer part of the USSR. In fact, Ukraine was part of the USSR and did a lot of heavy industrial design in Armor, aircraft and ships.

Ifv are not taxi. They are fighting vehicles... The mtlb or the m113 are taxi.

I saw a video somewhere on reddit that showed that many russian tanks had the reactive armor replaced with rubber blocks. the armor was probably sold on the black market somewhere

Future tank designs for any nation are going to have to include some kind of defense against drones. Drones for both sides, are currently the deadliest and most feared weapon.

Tanks are not designed to operate in ones and twos. They are designed to operate as the shock force in combined armes. They need artillery preparing the battlefield. They need infantry keeping the opfor infantry away from the tanks. This fight is a symptom of how bad the Russian army really is.

WOT heavy trying to fight a light while it out drives the heavy's turret. 😂

The ammo in the top and back of the turret just makes it easy pickings for a drone, yes it'll save the crew but will render the tank mute. They need to figure out how to protect the ammo from drones.

I was with the 5th Army in Michigan back in the 70's after my combat tour in Vietnam (101st Airborne). It was built at the Warren Tank Arsenal, in Michigan. It was supposed to replace the US APC. Different countries came during the construction with suggestions, for upgrades, etc... The first idea was an 80 Mile per hour track vehicle to carry Infantry men to combat... then ideas like rocket launchers, different machine guns and armor were added to help sell the unit to foreign governments.

For 4 months now, the Russians have been flying FPV drones attached to fibre-optic wire. RF can't jam fibre-optic wire.

It’s interesting seeing an IFV beating an MBT…that all comes down to one thing though…Crew training and INFANTRY support. MBT’s aren’t supposed to work in a CLOSE IN ENVIRONMENT without any kind of support.. .and the crew should have known that. The crew of that MBT was obviously very poorly trained or idiotically deployed into that area by itself. Pretty dumb.

An often overlooked technology was involved in Desert Storm. It's called "Fire Finder Radar." It's a radar dish that observes the battle field for munitions. Any time the enemy fires an artillery or tank round, the radar tracks it, calculates it's point of origin and sends that data to artillery and tank units. Often times the Iraqi tank would only get one shot before being taken out.

I am an old tanker from the 1970’s and remember the early development of the Bradley,and the development of the tactical implementation of the Bradley. Early deployment of TOW missle carriers (jeep, M113, or tripod) was to give a huge standoff range and overwatch for tanks or dismounted infantry. At 4000+ meters, this far exceeded the effective range of Soviet tanks. The early version of the infantry version had I believe either 6 or eight AR ports to allow assault on the objective using the main gun and coax for killing and suppression. The cavalry version had the ports plugged adding additional missile storage plus only 4 scouts. My son was a cav scout in Bradley’s a s a scout, gunner and vehicle commander for the first 10 years of his 20 from 2001 to 2021. His experience was as others stated that Bradley’s and tanks were used as combined arms using each strengths. In Ukraine there is an amazing cooperation between drone resources and Bradley’s, which our Army is quickly developing similar resources.

26:08 They're literally slower my guy💀 And don't compare modern western mbt's with a stock t-72

Anyone notice the candles on his mantle? HE even looks a little like Aleister. Many soldiers in the comments.... Whats up fellas. This vid got me amped... Maybe I missed my calling. - Civilian 💥💣

Finally, someone remarks on the loss of Russian tank crew experience. The same goes for other categories of experience and training.

In another video, I saw the T-90 destroy an entire convoy. The convoy was composed of 3 tanks and 3 armored vehicle which were all wiped out by a single T-90 on kamikaze mode. Not downplaying the Bradley but as what I've seen in some drone footage, the MB of Russia is successful to me. It might have been the commander's lack of experience that resulted to why they got their ass whooped by 2 Bradley.

reminds me of the old Red Dwarf "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" line "I know this game, it's called cat and mouse.And there's only one way to win, don't be the mouse"

22:04 A "K-Kill" is a "kinetic kill," not a "catastrophic kill."

the bradley is an ifv designed to transport and provide direct fire support.

I've been avoiding this video for weeks because I know the comment section was going to be stuffed with 'armor experts', who went through basic training at GameStop, that couldn't figure out how to start a tank if their life depended on it. Of course they'd have to puzzle their way past a hatch first, and quite frankly, I don't think most of them could do that either so...

This expert should be sent to command the Ukrainian division. And then we will see the results right?

The Internet is full of videos of Leopard 2 exploding like a T 72. Why did they decide to analyze only one video of Abrams?

russian tank forgot the spacebar -war thunder player

Why dont they hire a real expert to actually help fact check their military videos. So many mistakes or hust lack of accuracy

One of the absolutely best videos about the war in Ukraine,Chris. "Working together" is the key as Commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon teaches us.

Leopard 2 A7 or A8 are the best and most modern tanks available in large numbers. Sadly countries sent really outdated versions there in the beginning. Still, even if destroyed, the crews usually get awway unhurt

Use the tactic of WWII US Navy did in protecting its carriers from airborne threats. Battleships with massive amounts is AA to take out the Kates and Betty’s. A parallel would be dedicated anti drone escorts that are far along in development.

The T-90M wasnt taken out (Just saying), The Bradley blinded the Comanders and Gunners sight which wasnt working well afterwards. The T-90M crew must have seen them coming but they didnt react fast enough to fire upon the Bradley, which is the crews fault. Also T-72A which is the first upgrade to the original T-72 had weaker hull frontall armor, later on T-72B got a huge upgrade on it, making it stronger and better to go agaisnt ennemys. In 1990 Russia made a new tank so cald T-90A which had thermal sight for the first time unlike T-72s. Later on They modified the T-90A in to T-90M which got Lots of ERA, Comander recieved Thermals, and Comunication system, with all the other things on the tank.

the tank didn't know what hit it then rolls away like a mal functioning Darlek.

It wasn’t the National Guard. It was the Republican guard.

The expert has the same War thunder knowledge like most of us 😂

So you're telling me that the Abrams, "the best tank in the world", is just as vulnerable to $500 drones? That's funny.

The Leopard tanks have the similar ammo storage in the turret but the also stack reloads unprotected inside the hull that is very dangerous. They can kill their own crew very easily.

The Bradley Shot that T-90M back into a T-72 😜

All tanks have two weaknesses, the track and engine exhaust. Target them, you immobilise tank. Without infantry support, or air cover, they crew are vulnerable

What the hell was that tank doing out there by itself?

Love Hamish de Bretton-Gordon talking smack about Russian military rubbish in his Kentish accent.

Very biased and manipulative comments. How come t-90, a modernisation of t-72 is, called "state of the art the mist modern"? While Bradley supposed to be just "30 years old taxi". One well performed battle action isn't enough to draw all those conclusions. Analogically. What would you say when state of art, the most advanced and super expensive Abrams tank is destroyed by infantryman with rpg-7?

The Bradley's crew are definitely pro gamers

Small inaccuracy here; the Challenger actually doesn't have any blowout panels.

Turret gets more flight time then Russian air force.

So a team of two bradleys and a recon drone took out a lone mbt. Who has thought that THAT was possible ?😂

Abhrams blow out panels were designed before drones were a thing. Looks like some design changes are needed to protect from drone strikes on the back of the turret. This is one instance where a cope cage might be effective

What I never got was how they put vulnerable cameras all over the tanks. Tanks regularly take small arms fire and it seems like they would be replacing the cameras all the time.

Of course the Brit is going to say that his kit is better.

Why are you shitting on the T90 by saying it's defeated by American tanks that are 30 years old? The T90 is also 30 years old (hint: the name 90 is 1990). You're trying to mislead the viewer into thinking it's a 30 year old American tank against a 5 year old Russian tank.

You know he's talking about War Thunder when he mentions he learnt it himself

all tanks in this war sucks but Bradley is actualy Goated

I mean, if the range was any longer, the bradley's can do almost nothing about the T90M.

So the mighty challenger 2 gets blown up by drones too??? 😂😂😂

Is this a reupload? If so you should put that in the title or description.

Ain’t no way bro learned weak spots from war thunder. That’s wild💀

legend says the bradley crew members could not disembark for 24 hours after the encounter. Due to the size of their balls

Well, combined arms operations have a prerequisite which Ukraine still doesn't have: air superiority Unless Ukraine has a serious air force presence on the battlefield, i doubt that they can apply NATO doctrine

Whoa. Ammo protected in an armored compartment. What a concept.

It's amazing that war thunder can be used for subtle training in modern combat 😅

Thinking about the Quwait reaction, it is dispicable the we do not have 500 or 1000 Abrams in Ukraine.

Shooting second in a gun fight is a loosing strategy. Same with armor.

This interview clearly shows that experience is the greatest teacher,with the frequent use of drones having several tank together would be extremely dangerous which ironically he himself admits

Related to this, Sherman tank veterans have said they would take out German Tiger tanks by hitting them with WP white phosphorus rounds first, to blind them, then out flank them to strike them at the weakest spot. The U.S. Armored units would also coordinate with the Air Force to drop napalsm on German armor, and out flank them. WP and napalsm, both, blind the tanks they hit.

Russia: We have the best tanks! Ukraine: We have the best scrapyards for it.

Everyone knows what the armor of a modern Abrams tank is: Depleted Uranium. It's not a secret anymore. It's the same material their tank shells are made of. Extremely dense.

Funnily enough, the strategy he used is called "buttoning", and is common amongst tank crews.

active protection can save you several times, but can not help when tens drones attack you every hour