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Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:17 pm Post subject: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
Posted on Facebook - any ideas? www.facebook.com/photo...mp;theater "Does anyone know what this variant of the Bradley is? It appears to be a prototype electronic warfare or C3 vehicle. It appears to have not moved since 1995. FMC use to test vehicles at Camp Roberts." Last edited by Neil_Baumgardner on Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:04 am; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:01 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
It might be the M2A0 AMEV (Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle). I could only find two poor quality photos of it online, but it does look similar. Rick

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:23 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
Not tall enough for the AMEV _________________ TTFN Jim If your not a member of JED then your not serious about anything military.. ********************* www.jedsite.info JED Military Equipment *********************

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:21 am
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Besides not being tall enough (that photo sure is familiar...), the time date is wrong.

This appears to be a total prototype. That front deck mount looks like something a mortar baseplate would mount on.

I'm wondering what the top deck area looks like, perhaps that might clue in on what it was built / tested for.

On another Subject, well sorta...

What ever happened to the late 90's tested C2V's? 4th ID tested the 'Command & Control Vehicle' (C2V) as part of the 'Force XXI' testing at Ft Hood. THAT was a cool vehicle, based off the MLRS chassis.

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:43 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
There seem to be several 'Radiation Hazard' (If I remember my safety decals correctly) on each rear quarter Which would make sense for an EW vehicle _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:45 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
...or its a bit 'hot' and the photographer might want to get check out......lol Regards Don

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:48 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
No that wasn't that kind of Radiation, just RF radiation _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:25 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
Was the ADATS on a bradley chassis? That would have had the RF warnings.....just a SWAG.... Regards Don

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
Don, The C2Vs were used by V Corps during the drive to Baghdad in 2003 - after that, who knows... And ADATS was put on an M109 chassis of all things, not Bradley (have a Boeing Aerospace poster of it). Neil

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
I'm currently awaiting an answer from a contact at BAE Systems regarding this vehicle. _________________ Chris "toadman" Hughes www.toadmanstankpictures.com www.cafepress.com/toad...ksandstuff

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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
- Neil_Baumgardner And ADATS was put on an M109 chassis of all things, not Bradley (have a Boeing Aerospace poster of it). Neil _________________ TTFN Jim If your not a member of JED then your not serious about anything military.. ********************* www.jedsite.info JED Military Equipment *********************

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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:17 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
Thanks Jim Thats the version I was thinking of, but obviously pre-dates the mystery Bradley. Regards Don

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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:12 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
And ADATS was put on an M109 chassis of all things, not Bradley (have a Boeing Aerospace poster of it). No, that was the U.S. version of the Roland that was supposed to mount on a modified M109 chassis. They ended up on 5 ton trucks and were used by the NMARNG.

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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:09 am Post subject: Re: Unknown Bradley Variant at Camp Roberts
Doh, thanks for the correction - I mixed up the ADATS and Roland...

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