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The “Soldier’s General” in Digital Battlefields
The M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle named after the
five-star general Bradley is one of the main equipment of U.S. Army mechanized
infantry. It was designed to counter the threat posed by its Soviet
counterparts. After the Revolutions of Central and Eastern Europe, there’s no
more possible armour war in the Western Europe plain. Then U.S. Army used M2
Bradley IFVs in the two wars in the Persian Gulf region and obtained
outstanding combat gains.
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With operational experience from the wars, the U.S. Army
decided to upgrade its whole combat system so as to ensure the vehicle’s
superiority on the battlefield. It was upgraded with better protection and fire
control system and observation system. More importantly, the Force XXI Battle
Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) Battlefield Command Information System became
a standard configuration of U.S. Army IFVs. This system provided enhanced
interoperability and situation awareness of the battlefield. A totally digital
M2A3 Bradley IFV was born. Now, the M2A3 Bradley IFVs are also installed with Bradley
Urban Survivability Kits (BUSK) which provide further protection to the crew
and the vehicles.
After studying a lot of real vehicle reference material and
carrying out complete and detailed design, we have now released this 1/35 scale
SS-004 kit –U.S. Infantry Fighting Vehicle M2A3 Bradley w/BUSK III. In addition
to features like accurate shape, rich details and perfect fit, this SS-004 kit
also provides full hull and turret interiors (incl. engine, transmission and
all parts in the driver’s compartment and passenger compartment). The real
vehicle’s complete structure and details are precisely replicated with movable
hatches, workable tracks, movable suspension and the linkage of the coaxial
machine gun sight. The TOW anti-tank missile launcher can be modeled in folded
or firing position with or without the missiles. The vehicle can be modeled
with or without the ERA modules. What’s more, this kit also provides reasonably
complete modern U.S. military antennae. With these options, modelers have more room
to build their own M2A3 Bradley IFV models.
This SS-004 kit consists of 667 parts on 23 plastic sprues
(incl. 179 interior parts on 6 sprues), 31 parts on 3 PE frets, 10 parts on 2
TPE sprues (incl. Passengers’ safety belts and coaxial machine gun bullet
belt), 168 track links of 2 cement-free workable tracks. This SS-004 kit will
be the perfect choice for modelers who are machine fans and want to enjoy
building a war machine, or who want to use models to tell a modern war story,
or who are fans of U.S. weapons.
More on this kit from Meng as it arrives..
