Tropic Test of Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems.
Abstract
The Bradley Fighting Vehicle System (BFVS) is the follow-on program which resulted from a March 1977 DA decision to terminate the Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV) program and to develop a vehicle that mounted a two-man turret which incorporates a 25-mm cannon and a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) antitank missile. The two primary vehicles of the BFVS are an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), designated the M2, and the Calvary Fighting Vehicle (CFV), the M3. For the 25mm (hardstand test) PQG, Program Manager (PM), BFVS was directed to test and evaluate two candidate 25mm weapons for the role as the main armament for the IFV/CFV. The Hughes Helicopters externally powered gun was selected as the main armament for the IFV/CFV. The OT-1A test was an OTEA-directed separate operational test of the two competing 25mm guns installed in BFVS turrets to provide preliminary data on the relative operational capability of the gun systems. Such data were submitted to the selection board for consideration in gun selection. This test provided the operational tester insight into issues relating to reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM), human factors, training, personnel selection, system capability, and operational effectiveness of the 25mm gun candidates. The vehicles were operated for approximately 806km (500Mi) each, and approximately 5000 rounds were fired from each of the 25mm guns.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 23, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA156580
Entities
Organizations
- FMC Corporation