General Dynamics Gets $33M Order to Supply Bradley Reactive Armor Sets

M2A3 Bradley(click to view full) General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products in Charlotte, NC received an order of approximately $33 million to produce reactive armor tile sets for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Bradley vehicles carry a crew of 3 (commander, gunner and driver), plus additional soldiers in some variants. Overall, the Bradleys fulfills 5 critical mission roles for the US Army’s Heavy Brigade Combat Teams: infantry fighting vehicle, carries 6-7 troops as well (M2); cavalry fighting vehicle, carries 2 scouts as well (M3); fire support vehicle (A3 BFIST or M7 BFIST based on A2-ODS); battle command vehicle; and engineer squad vehicle (EBFV, or M2A2-ODS-E). General Dynamics’ reactive armor system [pdf] uses tiles that fasten to the exterior of the Bradley, allowing it to withstand direct hits from anti-armor munitions, such as all shoulder-fired weapons and most tube-launched, shaped-charge systems. Reactive Armor Tile Set(click to view full) For each Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the armor tile set consists of 96 total tiles: 18 M3 tiles, 8 M4 tiles, 55 M5 tiles, 7 M6 files, and 8 M7 tiles. General Dynamics teamed with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to develop the reactive armor application for the Bradley. The reactive armor uses an insensitive […]