Army's Modifications to Improve the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's Survivability, Reliability, and Performance

Abstract

Concerns about the Bradley's survivability center on its vulnerability to antiarmor weapons and its ability to function in a combat environment in which these types of weapons proliferate. These concerns led to the inclusion of a provision in the 1987 National Defense Authorization Act directing that the vehicle ; undergo further testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1987
Accession Number
AD1153570

Entities

People

  • Mark E. Gebicke

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Armor
  • Army
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Germany
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Reactive Armor
  • Reliability
  • Survivability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • Test Equipment
  • Training
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons
  • West Germany

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  • Military Science
  • Software Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies