Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Upgraded.

This is coolbert:

BRAT = Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles.

First, see the wiki entry reactive armor

Reactive armor, Bradley vehicles, as being used in the Ukraine conflict receiving upgraded armor, bolt on reactive armor tiles.

1. "Ukrainian Bradley M2A2 upgraded with BRAT reactive armor"

 From https://www.armyrecognition.com | POSTED ON MONDAY, 24 JULY 2023.

"According to a Telegram post by NMFTE on July 22, 2023, a Ukrainian Bradley M2A2, equipped with the BRAT (Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles) dynamic protection kit, is used in a counteroffensive against Russian positions near the city of Zaporizhzhia, in southeast Ukraine."

2. "US Army Completes Successful Iron Fist Tests Series on Bradley Armored Fighting..."

From https://defense-update.com | By Tamir Eshel | Jan 5, 2023.

"The US Army recently completed rigorous testing on the Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) that showed significantly improved results over previous tests. The testing completed in October 2022 of the Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IFLD) system demonstrated improvements in both durability and system effectiveness, compared to the previous testing on the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle."

See the wiki entry Active Protection System.

Active protection systems [APS] the entire concept not merely a passive system, but active can be used to intercept and defeat an anti-tank guided missile ATGM, or rocket propelled grenade projectile, RPG. The American version is referred to as Iron Fist?

Bradley the Ukraine Conflict gonna need upgraded armor protection!

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