The M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle is an American tracked armored reconnaissance vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems Platforms & Services. A member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family, the M3
A U.S. Army M3 Bradley in Germany in 2015
The M3 Bradley cavalry fighting vehicle in its original configuration in 1983. The vehicle is wearing the MERDC "Summer Verdant" camouflage scheme which was replaced by a 3-color standard woodland NATO pattern in the mid-1980s.
The troop compartment of the M3 Bradley CFV. Note the additional TOW ammunition in storage racks on the right side which replaced a row of benches for mounted infantry.
Two M3 Bradleys in Operation Desert Shield
The M242 Bushmaster chain gun is a 25 mm single-barrel chain-driven autocannon. It is used extensively by the U.S. military, such as in the Bradley fighting vehicle, as well as by other NATO members a
M3 Bradley
…the United States Army. The M3 Bradley CFV is very similar to the M2 Bradley IFV (infantry fighting vehicle) and is fielded with the same two-man 25 mm Bushmaster cannon turret with a coaxial M240C 7.62 mm machine gun. It only varies from the M2 in a few subtle ways and by role. The M3 is classified as an armored…
U.S. Army press photo of a M242 Bushmaster
Close up of the MK 38 naval variant
An enhanced M242 with a fluted barrel on an M2 Bradley (the top-mounted metal box and spotlight are MILES training attachments, not part of the gun system).
M793 target practice with tracer (TP-T) rounds for the MK-38 being inspected