Barcode: 0 89195 87324 8
Packaging: 48 Pieces per carton
Box Size: 6.4" x 10.2" x 1.9"
Special Features
- CITV reproduced with slide-mold technology
- Newly tooled extra armor plates on turret top
- New “doghouse” door can be assembled open/closed
- New GPS antenna added to bustle rack
- EPLR antenna base finely reproduced
- Extra armor around driver’s hatch represents M2A3 Bradley
- OVM arrangement designed for M2A3 Bradley
- New turret bottom plate reproduced in great detail
- Rear ramp can be assembled open/closed
- Photo-etched parts for ERA mounting frames
- DS tracks
- Cartograf decal offers accurate markings
About the M2A3 Bradley IFV
Named after the WWII commander, General Omar Bradley, the M2 Bradley Infantry
Fighting Vehicle (IFV) originally entered U.S. Army service in 1981. It largely
came about as a response to the Soviet Union’s BMP, and was designed as both
an APC and a tank-killer. The Bradley is able to keep pace with the M1 Abrams,
and it is armed with a 25mm Bushmaster cannon and a coaxial 7.62mm M240C machine
gun, as well as a pair of TOW missile launchers. The Bradley has served with
distinction in combat in the 1991 Gulf War, as well as in Operation Iraqi Freedom
from 2003 onwards, where it has proved remarkably survivable.
Dragon has introduced a 1/72 scale model kit of the very latest version of
the Bradley – the M2A3. This particular upgraded version appeared in 2000, and
the vehicle’s systems are now totally digitized, with improved fire control,
target acquisition, navigation and situational awareness capabilities. Visually,
the M2A3 is easily identifiable by its distinctive Commander’s Independent Thermal
Viewer (CITV) mounted on the right side of the turret. All the unique features
of the M2A3 are present on this fine new model from Dragon (e.g. CITV, additional
armor, GPS antenna, EPLR antenna), creating an extremely accurate replica of
the original vehicle. A number of opening parts such as the rear ramp and “doghouse”
door provide modelers with extra options. The model also incorporates items
like convenient DS tracks and refined photo-etched components for the ERA mounting
frames. The M2A3 Bradley is the USA’s premier IFV for the 21st century, and
with Dragon’s new release, modelers will be ready for action in any theater
of war whether in Iraq or elsewhere around the world!
