U.S. Abrams tanks withdrawn from front in Ukraine.

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[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

the Bradley ... is superior to anything else on the battlefield in Ukraine

I'm not saying this to downplay the bravery and skill of the two Bradley teams that took on and defeated the T90M, but they were only able to do so because they caught the tank at close range in a village where their maneuverability and the available cover prevented the tank from hitting them. Had the tank caught them in an open field at longer range, the T90M's main gun would have destroyed the pair of them in two shots. The Bradley is a good Infantry Fighting Vehicle, but they don't have a main battle tank's armour and a T90M would have eaten them for breakfast out in the open.

According to people who compare these sorts of things, the Russian BM-3 IFV is "clearly better" than the Bradley -- lower profile, lighter, faster, more maneuverable, with better weapons. Perhaps the only reason we haven't seen more of them is that with slightly less armour than the Bradley they are more vulnerable to drones. In a one-on-one shootout between a BMP-3 and the Bradley, most people expect the BMP-3 to win.

The Bradley comes with two TOW missiles, but because they are wire-guided it has to come to an almost full stop to fire them, not what you want to do if the tank you are firing at has you in its sights. The BMP-3 has only a single ATGM pre-loaded but it can fire it from full speed and reload from inside the vehicle for a second shot.

[–]Smalls 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah. I meant that the Bradley is superior to anything in its class. My bad.

Better in some aspects, but does that mean better on this battlefield? Is it better to be in a machine with more chance of survivability during assault that can see the enemy before they can see you? Which areas do you compromise for the better advantage?

I think this comes down to how many does each side have and how they use them. Each has is advantages and each is capable given the training/experience of the crews.