Bradley: Second to None (1982 FMC Corp. Promo)

A cheesy, action-packed 1982 FMC promotional video of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
Intro Song: World Beater by Andy Clark
Source: archive.org/details/0828_Bradley--Second_to_None_12_16_00_00
I do not claim this video as my own, nor do I claim to have had any part in the production process. This video is copyrighted by FMC Corporation.

[@KickoffDeuce]

Back to this holy site of a video after a Bradley fucking rocked a T-90M's world. Truly second to none.

[@goforbroke4428]

You mean when it knocked out its optics and then the t90 was killed by drones?

[@CT--ym5mn]

​@@goforbroke4428still a kill, also mobility and mission kill is a thing. Even the best tank couldn't do anything if their crews can't see shit

[@carkid266]

@@goforbroke4428 tankie spotted. opinion rejected

[@ramonmartinsoto3717]

at catching mines, artillery shells and ATGMs, maybe.

[@democracy_enjoyer]

​@@carkid266 anti-tankie detected. opinion accepted.

[@addacbar]

the 3 dislikes are from BMPs

[@Kats_are_King]

One was destroyed by the Bradley

[@wooptydo6241]

one from each type of BMP

[@gelatinoussire7772]

The 3 dislikes are from the 3 Bradleys lost to enemy fire.

[@scarecrow2097]

One of them is the guy who wrote Pentagon Wars

[@TheVinci8345]

There are eleven of em now lol

[@ethan5354]

that cheesy 80s electronic music just completes the ensemble so well

[@Lam6da98]

It was in Super Bowl XV

[@ShogunX11]

@@Lam6da98 and the 1983 nba finals

[@ga-america5030]

World beater, Andy Clark

[@KD94115]

The chadley

[@trevordemont2327]

LMFAO YES

[@Masada1911]

Hehehe

[@hoosierfarmkid]

Doubly so now

[@originalkovo11]

I kneel, Chadley-sama

[@it_aint_me9081]

As far as I'm concerned, no armored fighting vehicle will ever be better than the Bradley if they don't have an advertisement like this.

[@raptor4798]

#8462 Hence why no dislikes

[@marcelogimenez4749]

@@raptor4798 not anymore :)

[@TiernanWilkinson]

@@marcelogimenez4749 Still second to NONE.

[@noivern8869]

T-15 Armata: *cough*

[@firstduckofwellington6889]

@@noivern8869 Not when it has the Russian economy an adversary

[@WarLeaker]

0:27 Greatest 80s anime intros.

[@SnepLeo]

Didn't expect to see you here!

[@Spudtron98]

Same energy as Patlabor.

[@paulmahoney7619]

An Infantry Fighting Vehicle that can effectively support the squad it carries A recon vehicle that can zoom around, see what's happening, and if needed defend itself. A versatile vehicle that can withstand heavy machinegun and light auto cannon, and strike back with a 25mm chaingun and TOW missiles. Don't believe James Burton's lies. He doesn't seem to understand that a 30mm is not enough to kill modern tanks and that you can, actually, find tanks on radar.

[@sodamanfromsodaland1548]

James Burton and Co.'s Great Inventions! Exhibit A: the AeroGavin.

[@williambeavis9929]

Based

[@Dregkar]

Incredibly based comment

[@Nothingseen]

If you think the Bradley sucks, the A-10 is the greatest plane ever invented, and the F-35 is useless, you have been misled by conmen. I know. I was once, too. The Pentagon Wars wasn't based on reality. The guys who say the F-35 is useless thought the F-15 shouldn't be able to shoot missiles. The A-10 needs an upgrade package more expensive than a new F-35 to be able to even use the weapons its supposed to now. They were, and are, a bunch of cranks who make their living going around and lying, creating an image of being bold reformers who challenged the old entrenched brass when they were the ones who thought all combat was going to be the same as WWII.

[@KoishiVibin]

An IFV that can lug a squad into battle, with all the kit they'd need, under armor and with firepower to spare. A recon vehicle that can ignore smoke, camoflage, darkness and distance up to 2-3km, with situational awareness brought by modern netbattle. A light tank that can stand up to IFVs and APCs, while returning the favor with interest using antitank missiles and autocannon.

[@chrisblack6258]

Nice to see it performs well in Ukraine. Most of the losses seems recoverable, and most of the troops were saved by the design. "Unlike the BMP, the Bradley is human engineered with the soldier in mind" True words.

[@thathusk9119]

Yeah, there was even one that survived an HE hit from a t-72 that was still moving.

[@a2e5]

Two Bradleys just used their 25 mm to disable a T-90M at close range. Just unbelievable.

[@democracy_enjoyer]

trurly second to none

[@SMGJohn]

Yeah, loosing hundreds of these things, the best! BMP-1 is surely inferior, I mean how could it even be? An IFV from late 1940s cannot surely be good, but here we are, ukrops and Pooootin worshippers think otherwise.

[@kennedytheretard975]

this has the same vibe as that Leopard 1 promotional video from Germany on the 1970's but the difference is that the Leopard promotional video made me want to buy one like it's a normal car advertisement

[@KoishiVibin]

who needs a lamborghini when you can get a leopard

[@sirpuffball6366]

I love the musical sting when the dinky little T-55 comes on screen as if it's any threat to an Abrams

[@gabrielinostroza4989]

I like how the T-62 and the BMP have boss battle music

[@Reskilober]

The only thing funnier is that it's now real

[@matthewjones39]

@@ReskiloberWhat’s real?

[@JD98ns]

Here after two Chadleys disable a T-90M with autocannon fire. I kneel 🧎‍♂

[@Kruegernator123]

"Bradley-sama, I genuflect..." - CV90

[@captainvanhorn773]

Mu mom just walked in and said "oh hey, we watched this in history" This is amazing

[@mikoyanyuk3938]

We need to ask the DoD to make a remaster.

[@FoMoCo_123]

We basically have, the M113 replacement being built now is just a new design of the Bradley’s hull. The only thing missing is armament which you just need to slap the Moog RIwP turret on top and throw a control panel in the hull

[@adotang_]

any and all anti-war thoughts leaving my body when i hear 80s techno over footage of an ifv fishtailing through a field

[@notmyles712]

fell asleep 2 four locos deep and woke up to the Bradley promo video😂

[@TacticalBaguette]

The Bradley made it into Call of Duty Modern Warfare so i'm gonna try to recreate this

[@clearsky9066]

the Bradley in that game looks and drives like ass.

[@orion6926]

The virgin T-90M vs the M2 Chadley

[@tacobell5028]

When u get the bradley in war thunder 0:27

[@BigDictator5335]

Andy Clark - World Beater

[@michalbouska599]

OMG thanks

[@Shadylndividual]

Man, it must have been really fun to make this video

[@roacha1138]

Have not seen this vid in over 20 years....thank you for bringing this back.

[@Doowoo]

I bought five Bradleys after watching this video.

[@FunnyGuy4269]

Is it any good? Planning to buy one

[@Doowoo]

@@FunnyGuy4269 i took it camping in Eastern Ukraine. 10/10 - Would do it again.

[@FunnyGuy4269]

@@Doowoo I'll take that as a yes, omw to buy one

[@AN_PVS-2]

This is the most kino weapons promo ever

[@brotalnia]

They knew how to make cool advertisements back in the 80s.

[@bathtub1171]

Who else had to come see this after the latest Spookston video

[@Juzevs]

yup me too

[@brandtlucasbrandt]

Can I just get that intro clipped? God that was amazing!

[@McNasty8869]

Aged pretty well from recent events lol

[@scarecrow2097]

Anyone else laughing when the enemy t-72 transformed into a m48 after blowing up?

[@kousand9917]

thats not a T72 thats either a T62 or T55/54

[@thathusk9119]

Coulda been a mock-up and the TOW coulda blasted away the fake pieces, not an expert.

[@democracy_enjoyer]

​@@kousand9917 it's not a 62, the turret is not flat enough for it to be one

[@Roland_Deschain_]

second to none.

[@Spudtron98]

This thing doesn't even need its TOWs to kill tanks.

[@matthewjones39]

Yes it does, what are you talking about?

[@Frixworks]

​@@matthewjones39They rendered a Russian T-90 inoperable in Ukraine.

[@matthewjones39]

@@Frixworks That’s something called luck.

[@Frixworks]

@@matthewjones39 Still happened 🤷‍♂

[@AttackHelicopter987]

​@@matthewjones39 ahem *BMP's light armour*

[@therealcannedtuna]

0:27 where the good part starts

[@ref692]

SECOND TO NONE RAAAAHH

[@toasterbathboi6298]

But where’s the sheep specs?

[@pangkoy1925]

*S E C O N D T O N O N E*

[@santiagob.1071]

The squishy wizard of the American military

[@omegast4r938]

They did not need to make the intro fire because it's quite literally the Bradley, yet they did anyway and i'm not against it, this is fire

[@corehazard1719]

The control system for the weapons, especially the TOW missle looks too much like a videogame. Lastly, this is one of the most satisfying vids on KZbin.

[@vandelayofficial492]

This is the best thing ever.

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

Lyrics: General Omar Bradley was no ordinary General, he achieved his rank on the battlefields of North Africa, Sicily, and Europe. During the harsh winter months of the allied offensive in Europe when the survival of the free world lay in his hands, the mobility and fire power he always counted on proved to be the edge that brought ultimate victory. Today, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System takes mobility and firepower a leap forward, giving the United States Army a combined arms team, second to none. Developed and built for the United States Army by FMC Corporation, this single weapons system constructed of aluminum and steel armor is configured for either infantry of cavalry missions. The M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle carries: a commander and gunner in the two man turret, a driver, and 7 squad members. Identical in appearance, the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle carries: a commander and gunner in the two man turret, a driver, and two scouts, the additional space accommodates a greater compliment of ammunition. Working in combination with the Abrams Main Battle Tank, Artillery, and the Attack Helicopter, the Bradley significantly reduces the advantages of the enemies numerical superiority. The primary weapon, an awesome 25mm cannon by Hughs Helicopter fires both Armor Piercing and High Explosive fire at rates of up to 200 rounds per minute. A coaxially mounted 7.62mm machine gun provides effective anti personnel fire for close in engagements. The all electric turret drive and stabilization system by General Electric allows the cannon and machine gun to fire with accuracy even when the vehicle is moving at speed over rough terrain. Push button controls, located between the gunner and commander allow instant change of ammunition type, and firing rate. Elevation, Depression, Slew, and Firing, are all combined in a single control, so the gunner can focus his attention on target engagement, a second set of controls on the commanders side, provide him with an override capability, the integrated sight unit by Hughs Aircraft, enables the Bradley to detect enemy through heat differential, the system is so sensitive it can even see through smoke screens, camouflage, and even sparsely wooded areas. To support the Main Battle Tank in combined ground gaining offensive combat, the Bradley can destroy opposing tanks. This is the first armored fighting vehicle equipped with a proven long range TOW anti-tank missile. One switch automatically raises and synchronizes the twin tube launcher. The TOW anti-tank missile is effective against armor at ranges in excess of 3,000 meters. To keep pace with the main battle, move troops rapidly and for its own survivability, Bradley has outstanding mobility. Mobility that results from an optimum combination of engine power, powertrain efficiency, and suspension. The commercially proven Cummins 500-horsepower turbocharged diesel engine delivers rapid acceleration and battlefield agility. The hydromechanical transmission by General Electric combines steering, braking and gear selection as a single unit, resulting in outstanding maneuverability and the capacity to climb slopes of up to 60 percent. The suspension system with 14 inches of vertical wheel travel and high performance shock absorbers carries the vehicle over rough terrain with minimum shock and stress to troops and vehicle. The Bradley has maximum armor protection for minimum weight by using the FMC’s spaced laminate armor system, this protects the squad against the majority of weapons encountered. Quick reloading of the externally mounted missile launcher is accomplished under armor by the loader without leaving the vehicle. Unlike the BMP, the Bradley is human engineered with the soldier in mind, personnel and equipment positions assure adequate space for troops to preform with maximum effectiveness even after long hours of vehicle confinement. During mounter operations, six vision blocks and firing ports to the sides and rear of the M2 give squad members the capability to see targets and engage them with their 5.56mm automatic weapons. Many combat tasks can only be accomplished by dismounted infantrymen. The Bradley M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle brings troops to the main battle area with the option of fighting mounted or dismounted. Under the protection of terrain the lead squads maneuver ahead of their vehicles, their objective: and anti-tank position 400 meters ahead, following a terrain feature for protection, the vehicles move into position to provide fire support for the dismounted troops as they preform their traditional infantry tasks. With the ability to move forward at speed under attack in the combat area, the Bradley M2 had transformed the infantry squad from a team of riflemen to a well armed fighting unit capable of effective operation on a mechanized battlefield. Firepower, mobility and survivability make a potent weapons system. Operating on a mechanized battlefield with the Abrams Main Battle Tank, Artillery, and the Attack Helicopters, the Bradley fighting vehicle guarantees the United States Army has a combined arms team that is second to none

[@tacobell5028]

When someone asks what the bradley is. Me:

[@azuresstuff2363]

BRADLEY SECOND TO NONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@jakegordon1575]

MODS ARE ASLEEP

[@TRPilot06YT]

Wish i could buy one of those

[@c4blew]

The first version looked the coolest

[@3tzuo]

This is some real America fuck yea content

[@chromeempire]

Motor pool Monday!

[@czar225]

Seeing this gloriously corny-ass 80s video of a good ol American design, and knowing that it recently kicked a t-90M's 'ass (best MBT in the world according to Putin), is so satisfying.

[@vrooooom4487]

There was an AFN commercial that they showed in the early 80s, it was a montage of the Bradley firing at verious targets, and the song Have a Cigar by Punk Floyd played during the whole commercial it was a great commercial! I have been trying to find it to post on Twitter.... Anybody have it?

[@fro99er2]

Looking forward to these Bradley bad boys popping some t-62 tops off

[@krellio9006]

We just got a footage of the bradley killing T-90M frontally

[@matthewjones39]

⁠@@krellio9006It didn’t “kill the T90 frontally.” It was a mission kill.

[@krellio9006]

@@matthewjones39 it still is a kill it would have been a frontal kill if they didnt ran out of TOW

[@matthewjones39]

@@krellio9006 You don’t think of damaged sights when you hear a tank got killed.

[@krellio9006]

@@matthewjones39 the turret motor got jammed, rammed into a tree, the crew bailed. Then it got hit to secure the kill with a drone. "b-but its only mobility kill!" whos gonna recover it?

[@342Rodry]

it was indeed second to none

[@joshhanklon]

I love the Bradley but who thought the gun ports were a good idea, they need a special m16 to fire too. Nowadays it’s covered by armor packages anyways

[@ultraman5168]

Came from a time when the NBCR threat was very real. The Soviets planned to salt the earth on the way to the English Channel. They needed an option to fight from inside in contaminated environments without the benefit of modern RWS. Not the most practical solution, but their hearts were in the right place.

[@Evaunit98]

The BMP-1 was the first, but the Bradley is the best.

[@jc6226]

lol, 80's cheeeeez

[@TheGermanDoomGuy1939]

Ｓｅｃｏｎｄ　ｔｏ　Ｎｏｎｅ！

[@imperialguardsman135]

SECOND TO NONE

[@realdingo]

can i get one of these for the house? in case someone breaks in

[@warmbreeze7996]

OXIDE

[@kite2036]

9:02 "Ayy! Niggas pullin up! Nigga duck!"

[@TheConsulC17]

Where are you, Narrow?

[@sora1106]

he is at joe's house

[@narrowgauge0727]

dont worry, i was here all along!

[@digirails1845]

Anyone know where this was filmed

[@chromeempire]

Gunner H.e. truck. Truck identified 1500 meters! Fire and adjust! On the way! Target ceasefire!

[@chrisblack6258]

More like "Gunner H.e. truck" (gunner push the selector for AP), Fire and adjust! On the way! Over! Re-engage!

[@chromeempire]

@@chrisblack6258 thats if your crew sucks, if you have a good gunner you don't have to re-engage

[@07_SPADES]

I'm Still Trying to find the song in the background

[@NUCL3ARTAC0S]

World Beater by Andy Clark

[@07_SPADES]

thanks

[@Dems411]

10:10

[@Zeredek]

9:40

[@devinhedge]

Looks like Yakima Training Center.

[@goforbroke4428]

It’s fort hunter ligett

[@frogisis]

If there's a more adorable video promoting an IFV I haven't seen it. OK but I've always wondered: who are these kind of "ads" for things like IFVs and tanks and missiles and fighter jets actually intended for? Like who is the target audience of this video? Lawmakers holding purse strings? Allied nations' procurement departments? The taxpayers at large wondering where their money's going? Mercenary outfits and/or eccentric billionaires with secret private armies? Geopolitical rivals who have to come up with their own new thing now? All of the above? Or is it more just that when people make a cool new IFV or MBT or fighter jet, they're real proud of it and simply want to show it off to whoever's listening (including just to promote the company in general and for internal company morale)?

[@socksjunior7792]

Like any ad, it's aimed at potential customers. So the intended audience would have been DoD officials, Congressmen, as well as military decision makers in American friendly governments.

[@Juzevs]

i mean, it sure made me want to get one

[@NevadaGamingWedge]

I'mma be honest as fucked up as this weapon platform was, it made some serious leaps, that actually changed how warfare worked.

[@h1tsc4n40]

Wasnt that fucked up. Look into it's development. It showed lots of promise and potential from the start. And indeed it has been and still is vert successful

[@NevadaGamingWedge]

@@h1tsc4n40 yeah I watched pentagon wars and read some stuff from Hunnicut (funny enough had one of his lineage when I went through basic really nice guy)

[@h1tsc4n40]

@@NevadaGamingWedge Yup. I have the hunnicutt book about the Bradley. Really good read that i would recommend.

[@aidanmattson681]

@@NevadaGamingWedge pentagon wars isn’t realistic.

[@paulmahoney7619]

@@NevadaGamingWedge Remember, Pentagon Wars, even the book, is at best a comedy, it's not an accurate recounting of the Bradley's development, and if James Burton had gotten his way, it would've taken far longer to work out the flaws of the M2 since instead of being able to dissect what each hit did to the Bradley in detail, we'd have to have been combing through the wrecks of hundreds of blown up Bradleys, and we'd be hitting it with ammo we already knew it couldn't withstand and would never be able to withstand.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

Would love to see a "Ukrainian servicemen react to" with this video

[@hiromirodriguez7192]

Con el nuevo campo de batalla con drones y nuevo tipos anti tank missile se necesita heavy apc con inhibidores anti suicide drone . Heavy armor reactive y active system proteccion

[@Amin_ktm]

if only the bradley in warthunder was fast like this and had it 2 rocket loaders

[@thathusk9119]

it is though

[@hiromirodriguez7192]

Ya no sirve en el campo de batalla moderno contra heavy apc

[@NUCL3ARTAC0S]

That's why they've been upgraded since 1980

[@hiromirodriguez7192]

El Namer Heavy APC, T-15, Heavy Chinese APC Son La Nueva Generacion que supera con creces a estos vehiculos.

[@jaydevaux28]

@@hiromirodriguez7192 Bradley has TOW missiles and 25mm fire can knockout optics and others systems heavy APCs are still sort of rare The Narmer being probably the most used and they have had casualties from ATGMS but some Narmers have tanked an ATGM hit and lived a common thing between the heavy APCs is the use of soft/hard kill systems witch is probably why there more survivable and not the heavy armour its not heavy armour that wins fights otherwise Germany in ww2 would have done better the real question is it worth the money designing a heavy APCs and building them instead of just using the money on giving all your APCs hard/soft kill systems and having heavier vehicles limits your flexibly you might not be able to airlift them or ship them to an island and if you can you can send less on one trip that means more trips are needed its not as simple as them being not being useful in modern war the concept of heavy APCs could die out with everything listed I don't think they have a place yet

[@tanaziolopez1936]

​@@hiromirodriguez7192El T-15 ni siquiera tiene manera de luchar contra un IFV cómo el Bradley, además que estamos hablando que el M3 Bradley tiene mejores ópticas, mejor control de fuego y mejor armamento que el T-15

[@hiromirodriguez7192]

@@tanaziolopez1936 no seas ignorante el bradley no resiste ap 57mm. Ni siquiera un misil un kornet resiste, es un apc antiguo que solo resiste 30mm ya no sirve contra la nueva generacion de heavy apc y drone suicidas.

[@dinahwhite3929]

UKRAINE ALL THE WAY TO VICTORY!!!!!💙💙💛💛 BRADLEY RULES THE RUSSIAN STEPPES!!!

[@GiskardRevenlov]

A troop transport that can’t carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that’s too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, a quasi-tank with less armor than a snowblower, but has enough ammo to take out half of Washington DC.

[@addacbar]

Or, more importantly, Moscow.

[@aussieman4791]

So how did that, come out of that

[@copper2545]

It truly is S E C O N D T O N O N E

[@Wolf-tn7sz]

What're the sheep specs?

[@spacecocolocotoco5120]

A movie that advertises it as something that it isn’t by a group of people that don’t understand military technology and don’t do research.

[@eddie4324]

Our infantry weren’t obese back then!

[@thermalvision203]

The "second to none" Bradley that just got disabled by a BTR-82A APC, the exact sort of vehicle the Bradley was designed to destroy and be frontally immune to.

[@NUCL3ARTAC0S]

Oh no! Twitter said the Bradley sucks now!

[@thermalvision203]

@@NUCL3ARTAC0S Not Twitter, the crew of the Bradley that described how their FCS got bricked by a single shot from a BTR-82A's 30mm autocannon. The Washington Post published an interview with them yesterday.

[@toastpuppy3491]

@@thermalvision203dude, 30mm autocannons are mean little bastards. Even tanks will get their subsystems evicerated by lucky shots, and beyond that I highly doubt the people in the BTR were fairing any better if not significantly worse. That being said, the armor of the Bradley did what it was supposed to and protected the crew from the barrage and the crew (and vehicle) lived to fight another day even if certain things got busted up.

[@thermalvision203]

@@toastpuppy3491 The Blinded Bradley rolled over a mine a few minutes later which completely destroyed it after a fuel fire spread to the ammo, and while the crew did survive to give an interview to the Washington Post, they were all badly injured and only survived because there were no FPV drones operating in the area at the time. Also, in the video you can see all of the BTR-82A's internal dismounts get out unscathed and enter a building while the BTR itself deployed a smoke screen and tried to hide in some bushes behind the building its dismounts entered. Only the 1-2 guys riding on top of the BTR were killed or injured.

[@thermalvision203]

@@toastpuppy3491 Also, I should add that the Russians don't issue their 30mm APFSDS belts to their BTR-80/82s, so this BTR disabled a Bradley with the exact obsolete AP ammo the Bradley was designed to be frontally immune to, while in a head-on joust.

[@isleofthecheetah]

second to none.