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The US has promised Ukraine a new military aid package including more Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

The US-made armored vehicles, which offer maneuverability, versatility, and sufficient firepower, have proven valuable to Ukraine efforts on the battlefield — more so than the main battle tanks and other heavy armor it's received.

The US Department of Defense announced the aid package, estimated at $250 million, on Friday, noting that it "will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: air defense missiles; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; armored vehicles; and anti-tank weapons."

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[–] gravitas_deficiency 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bradleys are loads better in open field combat than they are in built up urban areas though. They weren’t designed with that threat model in mind, and it shows. They are going absolutely gangbusters in field combat in Ukraine, for the most part.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothing really works in urban combat, it's basically rpg whackamole.

Your only options are sending dudes out on foot, and now drones, and even that has mixed results.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Theres also the Russian option: level the entire urban area to rubble with artillary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

And they learned that by losing tank after tank in Grozny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That's basically their response to everything, that's their response to seeing a grassy meadow covered in baby deer.

When you have a hammer...