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- 28 de Ago, 2015
A quick Pentagon Wars summary is probably good too. For the whole deal Lazerpig's video on Burton is actually pretty good for that. Or go read Hunnicutt's books.Why not both?
The Reformers and their friends consider the Bradley both mechanically and doctrinally flawed. If you press them they seem to not actually like the AFV concept (heavily armed, originally with actual firing ports/fighting positions that seems to have not been a good idea for even the Soviets), and want Battle Taxis (armored box that just gets you to the battlefield) like the 113 was. They also have concerns about survivability (supposed propensity to catch fire which may have been due to Burton's goofy testing), size (both for mobility and concealment) cost and many other things. Oh and they feel since it has anti-tank weapons it's dumb that it can't take a hit from a MBT.
The combat experience of the Bradley has not at all supported their conclusions. The 'overgunned' Bradley supplies decent fire support, the TOWs on it are useful against Surprise Tank, and it's anything but a death trap. They got it wrong enough they added an end card to the movie version of Pentagon Wars stating that it turned out okay because Burton led a redesign of it. (No, he didn't.)