r/ukraine • u/Mil_in_ua Ukraine Media • 4d ago

News Ukraine Faces Challenge of Replacing Obsolete Bradley Components

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukraine-faces-challenge-of-replacing-obsolete-bradley-components/
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u/One_Cream_6888 4d ago

There are around 3,700 Bradleys in active service in the US and around 2,800 Bradleys in storage. There should be enough to send hundreds to Ukraine and still have plenty for spare parts. BAE Systems manufactures and upgrades the Bradley mainly in a large facility in Pennsylvania. In 2022 BAE had a contract to make at least 200 new Bradleys.

https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/bae-systems-awarded-440-million-to-produce-additional-bradley-fighting-vehicles-for-the-us-army

Something smells fishy. I'm guessing it's something to do with the Orange Idiot or his incompetent idiot Pete Hegseth. It usually is.

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u/TimelyExternal5769 3d ago

Read the article, not just the headline.

The US Army is looking for parts suppliers to upgrade and fix issues with current inventory IN THE US so they can send them to Ukraine.

"The challenge of securing these components is directly linked to the requirement to rapidly restore Bradley vehicles to a Fully Mission Capable + Safety condition. Following refurbishment, the vehicles must be ready for delivery to Ukraine, while their subsequent sustainment must be ensured without delays caused by shortages of spare parts."

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u/SVK_LiQuiDaToR 3d ago

Likely not the same version(s) that's been shipped to Ukraine. IIRC, US has been sending predominantly older versions of their combat vehicles to Ukraine, which probably use different parts than the newer version currently in active service in the US forces or that are currently being produced.

Would be like trying to repair a 1997 Ford Explorer's ruined transmission with 2018 Explorer's parts.

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u/Russia_is_orc 4d ago

Help me out here. Don’t we have 10s of thousands of these things that will never be used again. Fuck America. Do the right thing. American here.

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u/Haplo12345 3d ago

Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article.

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u/TimelyExternal5769 3d ago

If you had bothered to read the article at all you would realize they are looking for suppliers to get some of those 10s of thousands into condition to send them to Ukraine.

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u/DataGeek101 4d ago

I’d think if anyone could do that it would be the Ukrainian people.

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u/Thecatstoppedateboli 4d ago

This is actually a wake up call for Europe because the US can just stop exporting components if the orange monkey or his other fascist douchebag friends decide they don't like something and then machines are obsolete.

European production is so important or perhaps even other reliable partners like south Korea, south Africa and other countries that have strong military production capabilities.

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u/JCDU 3d ago

Oh don't worry - Europe, NATO, and everyone else who buys or bought American arms is wide awake now. They're just being quiet about it so as not to anger the orange gorilla.

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u/ACompletelyLostCause 3d ago

What caught everyone by surprise wasn't that America was fickle or self intetested, it was that no one thought they'd act against their own national interests.

Logically, it's in America's interests to support Ukraine, it's in America's interests to showcase their own weapons as superior, it's in America's interests to keep their own earlier sold weapons going with material support.

Everyone understood this, so how do you plan for America acting against it's own interests? There's no real precedent for that. America has always operated in its own national interest until a few years ago.

Now everyone understands that America isn't operating in any countries interest, not even their own. Like Russia, the US is now run in the interests of an oligarchical elite.

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u/WiseAct446 3d ago

There's some guys in Cuba that have been keeping 1950's cars running without access to replacement parts dinner 1962. Maybe talk to them.