The US is to increase shipments of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine after assets revealed heavy losses in a failed offensive against Russian forces. The incidents have reportedly resulted in the loss of dozens of vehicles. The new aid package, which includes 15 Bradley tanks as well as 10 wheeled Stryker armored personnel carriers and other assets, is the 40th announced by the Biden administration and will involve funding from the U.S. military’s own stockpile The extracted weapons were shipped to Ukraine. Its purpose is to help Kiev “take back its sovereign territory and support Ukraine’s air defense forces”. As the Bradley saw its relatively short production run come to an end in 1995, the number of vehicles available in US inventory remained limited, with no follow-on vehicles entering production. While material support from the U.S. and other Western countries for Ukraine’s war effort is expected to depend largely on the outcome of Ukraine’s new offensive against Russian forces in the first week of June, it remains uncertain to what extent it will complement the Lost piece by piece of hardware. NATO’s military stockpiles, especially those of European countries, have fallen to extremely low levels over the past 18 months due to their limited industrial capacity and the rapid rate at which weapons and ammunition are consumed in conflict.
The US has donated 113 M2A2 Bradleys to Ukraine, each armed with a 25mm gun and anti-tank missiles as their primary armament. Washington also announced that it will start supplying Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions that could be used to boost the firepower of a new batch of Bradley fighting vehicles.For decades, the Bradley design was controversial because of its limitations in armor protection, as demonstrated in tests and the Iraq War – the latter seeing Over 100 destroyed According to extensive reports. Since these vehicles are of very limited use in the Pacific theater, which is the main focus of the U.S. military, it is likely that the Pentagon would be willing to dedicate a larger portion of its inventory to the war in Ukraine rather than other types of hardware such as ground Ground-to-ground missile system. Bradley tanks have only started to see significant use in Ukraine following a new offensive in early June, along with a range of new Western-supplied assets such as the Leopard 2A6 tank. While the Leopard tanks have been captured, it is still uncertain whether the Russian Army has also acquired the Bradley tanks.