100th Brigade Receives Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle

5 November, 2024 M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA of the 100th Brigade. Photo from the brigade's Facebook page. The 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has received M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

The brigade's press service released the photos. It is reported that the infantry fighting vehicles have been put into service with the 1st Mechanized Battalion. "The enemy's knees tremble when the Steel Hundred units go into action," the statement reads.

Photos suggest that the brigade received the standard M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA model, equipped with the usual BRAT (Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles) protection package.

M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA of the 100th Brigade. Photo from the brigade's Facebook page.

Read more about Ukrainian Bradleys in the following Militarnyi article.

Externally, the M2A2 ODS-SA can be distinguished from older versions by the driver's camera in the front of the IFV's hull. It is worth noting that the M2A3 has the same camera.

However, the "Ukrainian" IFVs do not have the latest commander's sight, which indicates that the Americans are supplying the M2A2 ODS-SA. Otherwise, according to the manufacturer BAE Systems, the ODS-SA version is almost identical to the M2A3 and has most of its improvements.

The driver's camera on the infantry fighting vehicles being transferred to Ukraine and on the illustrative photo of the M2A2 ODS-SA

They include a comprehensive "digitalization" of the combat vehicle and fire control and the ability to integrate into a single information network of an armored group. The M2A2 ODS-SA weighs 34,250 kg.

The vehicle is powered by a 600-horsepower engine and can reach speeds of up to 61 km/h. The armored personnel carrier is capable of passing through trenches up to 2.5 m wide and overcoming obstacles up to 0.9 m high.

Bradley M2A2 ODS of the 47th Brigade in Zaporizhzhia. August 2023.

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Photo from the brigade's page

Militarnyi recently reported that an enemy FPV drone flew into the Bradley during an assault operation, but the combat vehicle was saved by an anti-drone "grill," which trapped the incoming drone.

A rocket then struck the front of the IFV, but the combat vehicle withstood and continued moving.