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A war video appears to show a US-supplied M2 Bradley and a Russian aircraft carrier fighting at close range.
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The video is believed to have been taken in the Donetsk region.
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The US has supplied Ukraine with more than 300 Bradley vehicles since the start of the Russian invasion.
A new war video released by Ukraine appears to show a US-supplied M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle firing at point-blank range at a Russian armored personnel carrier.
The two vehicles race towards each other at high speed on a country road and launch continuous fire. At one point, they are just a few meters away from each other, narrowly avoiding collision. Soldiers are seen falling from the Russian armored car before it leaves the road and appears to stop, with smoke coming from its rear.
A caption that accompanies the video read: “The soldiers of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade are holding back at least three Russian combat brigades. With huge reserves of manpower, the Muscovites are quickly replenishing their heavy losses and throwing them back into battle. The fighting does not stop for a time.”
The Ukrainian military website Militarnyi reports that the Russian vehicle was a BTR-82A, built with a 30mm machine gun.
Business Insider was unable to independently verify where or when the video was recorded.
Deep State, an analytical Telegram channel that tracks events on the battlefield, said the video was recorded on the eastern outskirts of the village of Sokil in Ukraine’s Donetsk oblast, not far from Chasiv Yar.
The channel stated that, according to the brigade’s spokesman, the Russian APC “later exploded on mines laid by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.”
This is the second video in as many weeks in which Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Bridge demonstrates what Bradley’s 25mm Bushmaster M242 autocannon can do in close combat.
The first, published on June 2, appeared to show Bradley firing at two Russian personnel carriers. Russian soldiers can be seen dismounting and fleeing the vehicles.
A ’47 Bradley. Mech. Attack brigade between Russian BTR-82A and Solowjowe & Sokil.
Beachtenswert: Jeder russ. Schützenpanzer transportiert etwa zwölf Infanteristen. Nach wenigen Minuten sind zehn Russen tot & beide Fahrzeuge ausgeschaltet. Etwa 20 Russen überleben. pic.twitter.com/RsZq01h1JW-Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) June 2, 2024
The US Department of State he has has provided Ukraine with “more than 300 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles” since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
The Bradley IFV is an armored vehicle used for troop transport and fire support. It is also sometimes used for reconnaissance missions.
The Bradley is fast and highly maneuverable. It is operated by a three-person crew consisting of a driver, a commander and a gunner and can carry up to half a dozen fully equipped soldiers.
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. of the Air Force. Gen. Pat Ryder formerly counted reporters at a briefing that the Bradley “is not a tank, but it is a tank destroyer.”
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