The US Army has selected five candidates to replace the M2 Bradley BMP

The US Army has selected five applicants for the development of a new combat vehicle, which in the future will replace the M2 Bradley BMP. All applicants have signed preliminary contracts for the development of "digital concepts".

Companies selected by the military received preliminary bids for a promising infantry fighting vehicle under the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. At this stage, applicants are not required to create prototypes; companies by the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 must only provide a digital model of the future car.

After evaluating the "models" of five applicants, three will remain, who will receive funding to build prototypes by 2025. The winner will be determined in January 2027, with serial deliveries expected to begin in 2030.

At the moment, the following are participating in the competition to replace the M2 Bradley BMP: 1. General Dynamics Land Systems with a Griffin III platform with a two-man turret with a 50-mm automatic cannon.

2. BAE Systems together with Israeli Elbit Systems, representing the Bradley Next Generation platform with the Elbit Systems UT30 Mk 2 combat module with a 30-mm cannon.

3. Rheinmetall North America with a platform based on the Rheinmetall KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle.

4. Oshkosh Defense in partnership with the South Korean group Hanwha, with a platform based on the AS21 Redback BMP

5. Point Blank Enterprises of Miami, Florida partnered with Keshik Mobile Power Systems for "an innovative project with a modular and technology independent approach to open systems for energy, information and physical architectures."

We will find out which proposals will pass the preliminary selection by October 2021 (the beginning of the 2022 financial year).

Comments

[Marachuh]

And what about our T15 and Kurganets? Enemies also increase the caliber. It would be necessary to enter 57mm as soon as possible.

[URAL72]

Russia has long had turret modules with a 57mm cannon. I think this will be the case on the T-15. It is more difficult with the Kurgan, nevertheless, an increase in caliber leads to a decrease in ammunition. The capabilities of 30mm are still largely sufficient, for the fight against armor on the BMP there is an ATGM.

[Alex777]

IMHO, they Griffin with a 50mm cannon will choose.
States always choose a larger caliber.

[Romario_Argo]

And what about our T15 and Kurganets?

and we have passive exoskeletons for ceramics and super thread
but in essence, the BMP-3 is quite enough, we are gaining momentum in deliveries
in a tank trench and without KAZ, a good car with a 100-mm launcher cannon and a 30-mm machine gun

and if it is a company of 9 BMP-3 in defense, and even 2 T-72B3M, 1 ATGM Chrysanthemum-S in reinforcement in trenches in tank-hazardous sectors - generally a fairy tale for 4 km of the front (!)

[URAL72]

and if it is a company of 9 BMP-3 in defense, and even 2 T-72B3M, 1 ATGM Chrysanthemum-S in reinforcement in trenches in tank-hazardous sectors - generally a fairy tale for 4 km of the front (!) "

This is your scope! And how much will be needed for 3-4 thousand km of the front? And what about the air defense? Don't you want 9 people from a reconnaissance platoon for 5 km? Without equipment at all - it is in the rear, 10 km from the position. Not refueled (gasoline goes to the left even in the office of the head of the fuel and lubricants service, and further along the chain), not charged, possibly under repair. But painted. All there is is one PC, one RPG-7V, SVD. The rest is AK.

[Romario_Argo]

And how much will be needed for 3-4 thousand km of the front?

we don't have such a front
subject pzhl (!)
Donbass - 600 km. on the past exercises, the 20th, 8th armies and reinforcement units from the 58th
parts of the district subordination were not involved - excessively (!)

[URAL72]

Substantive? Read to the end. This is just about Donbass. And who said that even with Ukraine it is necessary to fight in the Donbass? You are a layman - you need to hit directly on Kiev, then everything will collapse at once, you just have to clean it up. In general, the construction of Boreyev and Poseidon, for example, hints that we are preparing to fight not only with Ukraine.

[YOUR]

So just in case. On the staff in the company 10 infantry fighting vehicles. Tanks are generally assigned to a m / s company at the rate of one tank per platoon. ATGM Chrysanthemum will be a kilometer from the forward positions, or even more, being in the reserve of the regiment.
And in general, to shove all this into the trenches means that the enemy is very weak and has no technical means of reconnaissance, no guided weapons, no UAV, unless the Taliban will fall under such a definition.

[Romario_Argo]

shoving it all into the trenches means that the enemy is very weak

is not a fact. for example, Chita uses focal defense for motorized riflemen, so it generally turns out for one BMP-3 for 3-4 km., for one BMP-2 for 2-3 km., a company for 20-35 km,
the battalion is stretched over a hundred square meters, the Brigade is 400-500 km.
The Chinese army is not weak
There, in general, tactics of using troops are different. Remote mining with MLRS.
Helicopter ambushes. Many things...

[YOUR]

And also there were fortified areas that are now destroyed. Here, in the intervals between them, positions were created, but not one BMP, but starting from platoon strong points. But when it was

[Romario_Argo]

I'm talking about now. fortify this last century

[YOUR]

Now there was nothing like it. Moreover, a brigade for 400-500 km.

[Wahmister 1970]

This is what healthy competition is all about.

[Cananecat]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

There are plenty to choose from

V / NA at the tender for the replacement of the UAZ also had someone to choose from ... the same healthy competition ... and what was the result? ))

[Wahmister 1970]

Am I missing something?
That the result is announced, it seems that the participants must submit the development before September 1?
I think "Novator" will win

[Cananecat]

The result has not been announced, but the enterprise will win not with a full cycle, but with a complete assembly, despite the fact that one of the participants went bankrupt, judging by the media.

[Wahmister 1970]

Maybe it's for the best. Why are the Chinese in the Ukrainian Armed Forces?

[Cananecat]

Why are the Chinese there, I do not know, maybe they have their own meaning there to beat off the loot from the MS.
The fact is that at least 3 working prototypes have already taken part in the American competition.
And judging by the information posted on the network, the emphasis is on security at the expense of maneuverability. So it's worth waiting for a platform like our T-15.

[Wahmister 1970]

According to the Chinese.
You don’t understand, the firm "Protektingjeuring", which withdrew from the competition, is associated with Bogdan Motors, which seems to be going bankrupt. Bogdan released the Chinese Great Wall Wingle 5, on the basis of which they made a project to participate in the competition

[Cananecat]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

According to the Chinese.
You did not understand

I don't know such details, but if I were the Chinese, I would have thought a hundred times after the MC. And it is possible that the departure of one of the participants is directly related to the actions of China.

[Wahmister 1970]

No, on the contrary, China is actively participating in infrastructure projects, as recently announced by the new ambassador of the PRC.
According to the MS, I do not even want to discuss, the only thing I will say is that the Chinese intervened because of gray schemes and pressure from the State Department

[hagen]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

This is what healthy competition is all about.

This is not the first competition. In the previous ones, there were serious questions about the "health" of competition. But the trend towards weight gain for BMPs (planned samples reach 41 tons) and an increase in the caliber of the main gun (up to 50 mm) is already noticeable to the naked eye. This can seriously "snap back" at the MBT.

[Wahmister 1970]

I agree with you.
What I personally like about the States is that if the lobbies of certain groups do not collide there, the warriors can choose the best option, and not the one that they accept from despair

[hagen]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

What I personally like about the States is that if the lobbies of certain groups do not collide there, the warriors can choose the best option.

Do you believe that spending billions of dollars in the United States can do without a lobby? You are an idealist ... Personally, I like the budget of the US Department of Defense and the ability to print banknotes, which are typically quite legitimate, without restrictions.

[Wahmister 1970]

For a long time not an idealist. All the same, the priority is given to the military. There is no blatant shit there, which would be natural if everything was decided by the lobby.

[NDR-791]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

This is what healthy competition is all about.

Preliminary development contracts have been concluded with all applicants "digital concepts".
This is called "cartoons". What will be there and will there be at all ...

[Wahmister 1970]

"In the beginning was the word."
"Petrel" was also a cartoon

[Sanichsan]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

This is what healthy competition is all about.

and who will choose? pentagon? of course not lobbyists in Congress will elect and where is the healthy competition here?

[Wahmister 1970]

Not everything is so sad, the warriors will designate the main contenders, and then the lobby will catch up. Do not consider others "worse than paravoz"

[Sanichsan]

Quote: Wahmister 1970

Do not consider others "worse than paravoz"

worse? God forbid! here the question is not rationality, but the question "for what?" As long as the decision is made by the lobbyists, everything will be gorgeous in commercial terms! and in the military ... well, in the states, the military are already accustomed to inventing how to apply what they were given. there are enough examples.
this is definitely good! they will not start a war, but whether we or the Chinese will start ... is unknown.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

***
Consequently, the APU in the future are switching to slightly used ones,
but no less dear to their heart and budget, the M2 Bradley BMP ...
***

[rocket757]

The US Army has selected five candidates to replace the M2 Bradley BMP

Here entertainers have encroached on the eternal Bradley!

[OgnennyiKotik]

They have tried several times to find a replacement. I think this time too, everything will end with another modernization. Nobody can offer fundamentally better in this weight.

[rocket757]

How can you create something fundamentally new, better ... on new principles unknown to science?
Free fantasy for ... it is not clear for whom, not for the military, not for the designers.

[spirit]

If only the pictures were inserted) General Dynamics Land Systems with the Griffin III platform

BAE

Rheinmetall

Koreans

[Sanichsan]

I wonder who stole from whom, Koreans from Reymetal or Reinmetal from Koreans
and the latter, Point Blank Enterprises, no? their project sounds the most interesting. at least in words

[Aleksandr97]

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[Oleg83]

Rheinmetall KF41 Lynx as for me the main contender (the combat module for the US Army will be different there, not as in the photo above)

[Castro Ruiz]

As for me, too, KF41 Lynx but the Bushmaster 47-50 mm cannon.

[businessv]

Quote: Marachuh

And what about our T15 and Kurganets? Enemies also increase the caliber. It would be necessary to enter 57mm as soon as possible.

I am also wondering why ours do not participate in their competition?

[Alf]

Stocking up on popcorn and watching the Pentagon Wars again ...

[sen]

According to this source, there are four firms, not five:
General Dynamics Land Systems, BAE Systems, Rheinmetall North America, Oshkosh Defense, and Point Blank Enterprises.
https://naked-science.ru/article/tech/armiya-ssha-vybrala-kompanii

[abrakadabre]

Number five is called very ornate. Everything will fit under this name: from a new model of an electric scooter to a starship.