M3(A3) Bradley Ultimate Review | War Thunder

[@ironiso411]

Transmission mode -> gear 1 -> fire TOW on the move

[@Bob_Dickinson]

yea that can be used aswell but it only limits you to 5 KMs, as far as i experienced it. its not enough

[@atomicspartan131]

​@@Bob_Dickinson I remember the days when Bradley's could fire TOWs on the move up to 10 or 12kph. Good times

[@Ryan-go6id]

or CC Battle Mode

[@Grayham14]

reverse at 20-ish km/hour. tows stay up, you loose some depression, but its worth it

[@kisbiflos]

The 8.3 Bradley was my favorite vehicle and just about the only thing I played for 10 months straight. If you use the engine as an armor you can survive almost every encounter. This does not work with the later model, because it faces ammunition that just goes straight trough the engine, or can even one shot the turret with spalling. Being immune to one shot kills is one of the strongest traits a vehicle can have in War Thunder and the Bradley does it very well if you ask it nicely. This works to some extent with other APCs too in this Br, but the other APCs have small engines and the Marder has a weak gun and low ammo to fight most enemies from the front.

[@Rastmust]

Yooooo amazing video! Thank you for mentioning us!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Ayy thank you! and thanks for the Sights man!

[@Rastmust]

@@Bob_Dickinson Tell me if you need anything 🙏

[@Bob_Dickinson]

@@Rastmust Affirmative!

[@f4mmer540]

Yes

[@conncorde2694]

Bruh rast you are everywhere xdd

[@Wubb333]

"the battle bus..... no not that one" 😭 great video as always, bob

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Ayy Glad that it made u laugh xD thanks man!

[@Jan191]

the quality of your production improves with each upload man! BMP next??

[@_EUREKA.]

would be VERY cool

[@TheOrdomalleus666]

Yup, quality and stuff is top.

[@HUGGIESroxFace]

Quality as ever, no concerns or suggestions from me. Keep on, keepin' on!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

thank you so much man! i absolutely Appreciate your support! and thanks for the super thanks!

[@Arelia39]

I know your channel mainly focus on aviation and such but I would love to see more ground unit... but no matter what you put out I always enjoy watching it and I always learn new stuff from your videos... hype for that April Fool video... Keep up the awesome work you always does and many thanks to those that help you out on the video... Imagine having to report to your high ranking officer that you lost a BMP to a Torpedo...

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Ok thanks! ah thank you so much sis! I absolutley appreciate it! Im glad you enjoyed it! O7 And yea... i goofed up bad in my bmp2 cD

[@konna6130]

good video, but forgot to mention: tow 2b + tracking = bye su25s & helis. i exclusively run 2bs and 2 belts of apfsds on the a3. you can peek over hills with the commander sights and can shoot top attack missiles at them with minimal risk.

[@Rosaslav]

Regarding feedback, I would like to hear more real life context to armor protection. You dedicated large portion of video to go over the armor, but it was mostly stats dumping and its effectiveness in WT. I would like to hear more about what the armor was intended to protect against and why the upgrades to armor were made in later variant. Also some more helicopter context, pls! You are THE helicopter guy, afterall;) Other than that, I liked the video, keep them coming:)

[@Bob_Dickinson]

hi! umm oh yea so the reason why i really didnt went deep into the history and its developement, and how it ended up from a tank that could float, or only having a cannon then the TOW missiles came up and then the armor improvement therefore ditching the entire amphibious concept, and the pentagon wars in general... it was that... i kind of feel like i might make the audience bored... and im not a history guy and i might make alot of mistakes, so i kinda stay away and stick to the history... kinda, and more heli content will come soon! :D

[@sneakysnek8416]

The armor stops heavy machine gun rounds from the side atleast, you can still go through the optics from the front. Probably could through it from the rear but idk for sure

[@ArustwatDaGoat]

@@Bob_Dickinson I'm kind of a history guy and believe me, history fans ( the good kind) would rather see an honest attempt at history even if it doesn't cover the whole thing or just some parts anyway great vid lad

[@verecion]

Quality content, good humour, excellent information👌🏻 You are going to go far kid!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks Alot,Legend!

[@razvy6949]

Really high quality videos, wish you get way more subs / views man, cheers!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LilGuy-hk5ro]

Underrated videos man. Educational funny and in depth. Amazing work

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Glad you like them! Much appreciated

[@jb7483]

Great video love the NOD throwback.

[@kingzzp613]

Plz plz plz mi28 and its variants guide :> i want to get the Mi-28a in the Swedish tt cuz the hkp3 with bantams suck, i just want to know what is the difference between the swedish Mi-28a and the Mi28N? Like how worse it is compared to the one in the ussr tt?

[@Bob_Dickinson]

oh sure thing mate! tho u gotta consider several things, the Premium mi28 does not have thermals, has TV guided system, and has only 8 ATGMs, These are all the things i could remember, if you want to you can purchase it

[@kingzzp613]

@@Bob_Dickinson I dunno dude. It's a decent heli in 10.7 plus it will make the grind a lot easier. The hkp3 is hell with its bantams

[@Bob_Dickinson]

@@kingzzp613 imean if you want to feel free to buy it, its a nice heli afterall, but its not as great as the soviet varients, test drive it, if u like it, buy it!

[@dsg4500]

very very good video and production quality, will you be doing another video on the BMP series?

[@Bob_Dickinson]

eventually i will, i got the BMP2M, i need to learn that alot.... so yea that will be intresting :)

[@Faded._]

Why did what you say just repeat at around 22:30

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Huh?

[@Faded._]

​@@Bob_Dickinsontypo I meant at 22:30

[@pepasverkos9544]

woow i didnt expected anything like this on ytb you gained a sub, my jaw just dropped

[@Bob_Dickinson]

@@pepasverkos9544 thank you so much my friend! I absolutely appreciate it o7

[@makarevych]

I have 200 games in each of the Bradleys and i have some things to say. TOW launcher comes back up when you drive below 15 kmh, you dont have to stop completely. You didnt mention that cruise control 1 has 5kmh speed and allows you to fire on the move (slow but still). Also rear drive max speed is 14 kmh so you can reverse without folding the launcher. I would reccomend to use sim sights on 8.3 Bradley (Camera from tank gunner sight in Ground vehicle Battle settings). The irl gunner sight is at the roof of the turret and lets you poke small part of your roof and TOW launcher and be almost invincible to anything that is not HE. The launchers vertical aiming angle is actually greater than main gun, so you can fire TOWs hull down even if your bushmaster cant depress. In this case the missle should be guided either from the third person view, binoculars, or commander sight on M3A3 with commander aiming disabled because it locks commander sight to main gun. Be aware that if you use binoculars, you will lose control of the missile if there is no line of sight between it and bradley. I can attest to M3 being more competetive on 8.3 than M3A3 at 10.0, i have three nukes in M3 and zero in A3. If you are downtiered, and play against russia/israel/italy/japan, theres literally no one in the enemy team with thermals. You can pop an engine smoke, and sit inside of it with thermals on. TOW-2B is very random, sometimes it one shots 2A4, sometimes it makes ZBD04 barrel yellow. In real life it has two explosively formed penetrators (not shaped charge, it shouldnt even trigger kontakt-1), that work almost like tandem chaped charges, with the first destroying era and second penning the roof, but gaijoob didnt model that. Its irl penetration stats are unknown, but swedish BILL 2 atgm also has an explosively formed penetrator, and the missile is about the same size, so unless theres some info im not aware of, 2B should have a lot more pen. As for the rewiev, its good. I like the editing style and the memes. Are those "robo voice" parts fixing mistakes? The armor review part was pretty convoluted and i dont understand whats the point in explaining literally every armor plate on the bradley. I think saying that it can tank .50 cal to the side and 20mm from the front would have been enough.

[@Bob_Dickinson]

thanks for the info's man! i really appreciate it! tho i have to say, i didn't use the forward cruise control that much, every time i used it i didnt positioned my self very well, i do love the fact that this thing has a stabilizer to compensate for it. although i still haven't made the Separate ATGM gun depression on the Bradley work, no matter what i did it just never worked for me and i still get stuck on the same god damn Gun reticle..., the most i did was to use the Commander sight on the A3 Bradley... yea the robo voice are fixes on the mistakes i make during recording, the voice im using is Kinda similar to the AH-64s "Voice Assistant" thingy back in the 90s. where it would announce "Radar Searching" and these stuff. that's why i use it.

[@twomystical6252]

Actuall good and informative type of videos keep it up 👍👍

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks, will do!

[@FujiLeeTheAmerican]

Did anyone spot that body pillow? 😂

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Ehehehe lol

[@crowMk]

for good luck (edging)

[@tunguska2370]

Where

[@RuskThunder]

I saw at leat two, a American and a Russian one

[@EasternSnap]

The videos continue to only get better, awesome quality.

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Glad you like them man! i really appreciate it!

[@SkunkdMonk]

As a former M3A3 Commander, the Warthunder model is missing something very, very important. There is no MRE heater modeled.

[@StarWarsExpert_]

Great video! Very informative and also entertaining. Question. Is it known what the effective strength of the 25.4 mm aluminum alloy 5083 armor is? Surely it is way better than steel.

[@popinmo]

Less then mild steel 5083 is weak

[@StarWarsExpert_]

@@popinmo really? Do you have any source for this?

[@ActuallyNotIlmatar]

Nice, a video about the vehicle I play in the minigame before CAS.

[@Bob_Dickinson]

oof

[@YukarisGearReviews]

the spall liner on the m3a3 is completely inaccurate, it's amazing that they think the crew protection amounts to a tiny plate infront of the driver.. edit: 15:20 it's "off-set" not parallax

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Oof, aight thanks for the Info!

[@TheKingmanthe1]

When I was in the army as an M1 Abram’s crew member…we called it parallax when sight was off set until a certain point…

[@TheBudkai]

Yay, now ground vehicles! I turned the bell notification on now.

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Oh less gooo!

[@Commando_Arc]

Brilliant videos, can you do one on the rooivalk heli and the fox pls

[@nichedaily]

using the TOW-2B with the commander sight behind cover is always a good time

[@Bob_Dickinson]

yep!... i need to get it personally and do it myself lmao

[@ylwfakezin7101]

Dont mind my comment, i am just here so that more people will find your content, i am glad that i was recommended your vid, i loved it, wasn't boring at any sec and kept me entertained at every minute! Somehow reminds me of laserpig lol, have a good day!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thank you so much for the support! I appreciate that o7

[@radioactivegaming6509]

Please do one on the abrams

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Oh boy... there's alot of em. I need to catch em all

[@TheKingmanthe1]

Bob, never stop making videos…they are so good !

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks man! Ill try my best!

[@LilBrutus]

Hi man love your vids bit can you make one about Mi-28 in the future and you vids are underrated

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks man! Sure y not?

[@LilBrutus]

@Bob_Dickinson 🗿Cool dude you deserve so many more subs but I am gonna stay eith you on your journey and I cant wait until your next video

[@judgeofdeth7781]

wow very cool video keep up the great work !

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thank you! Will do!

[@SetouchiQueens]

B R A D Also I'm enjoying the longer history section, I certainly won't mind it in the next videos (Tooger EC665 when, though more tank content is awesome too)

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Noted! Ill work on the history part more then! I got alot of requests this vid, then sure! I will. Eventually i will make one for the Ec665 aswell

[@sneakysnek8416]

i wish you mentioned the ESS bit and the TOW-2B overpressuring light vehicles :(

[@TheKingmanthe1]

I think he said it works well against light tanks. At 17:35

[@Sultan-cf5wf]

May I suggest an Su-27 guide? Perchance? Please? 🥺

[@Bob_Dickinson]

I did test drive it twice... i still want to make it work

[@frosty8183]

Can you review the Bradley in Rust next?

[@Bob_Dickinson]

in rust???? RUST HAS A BRADLEY??

[@frosty8183]

@@Bob_Dickinson yeah you can’t drive it or anything but in the Launch Site monument it drives around and shoots at you. You can also shoot rockets at it to destroy and get loot from it.

[@NathanPa-xo3zj]

Praise the algorithm you deserved it Also you kinda sounds like Schlatt but into Tanks 😂

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks! Ayyy Bless It!

[@allenhacker1490]

I thought you did a good job. Keep the vids going!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks, will do!

[@Ezra411st]

Ive always wondered why there wasnt a A1 or A2 model, also why is there M2 and M3 Bradleys?

[@jdreyes3745]

M2 = IFV version; carries infantry M3 = Cavalry/Scout version; carries more ammo where infantry would be

[@matthewjones39]

@@jdreyes3745It does have two seats for scouts

[@mrpineapples4752]

The “no not that one “ cracked me up 🤣🤣

[@romnhat306]

What is your opinion on the ozelot good or shit? For me it's shit

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Honestly just got my first top tier spaa, i have a long way towards the ozelot

[@UnholySausage2]

first time watching now i want to see you cheese on the type 89 lol

[@Ace-rp7vr]

Dardo IFV / VCC30/80? Next???

[@Bob_Dickinson]

oh boy the italians... those are in their own league. one day... one day i will

[@major_kukri2430]

10/10

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Thanks!

[@IamWartinder]

HSTVL video WHEN

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Ah... that thing is something else... i gotta learn how to use light tanks like that ... its gonna be a while

[@IamWartinder]

@@Bob_Dickinson as long as it happens

[@jacobkeffer8437]

Would love to see a similar video for the CV90 series vehicles!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

That’s a great idea! I’ll add it to the list!

[@Panzerfaust-cj8qt]

4:32. Wot blitz lol

[@crispy_nova]

brabley

[@dartawnasailo4449]

Imagine the Bradley not having ATGM capabilities 😅,,,no one would play it

[@seth468]

Show the TOW-2B some respect. It's not designed for normal engagements. It's for killing wall-e type hull-down missile boats, and it does that amazingly. At the BR it sits at, almost everyone is trying to be hull-down unless they are on the move, so it's way better than you're giving it credit for. It can get kills where no other missile could without some serious curveball skills. It's not reliable, sure, but at least it can DO the thing.

[@icy3-1]

He is, in fact, not sorry for refusing to call his colleague a fur- (this is obviously a joke, calm down) Man is also totally not trying to declare war on Sweden mains :) On a serious note, I would just like to remind everyone of how OP the M3A3 "Chadley" was when it was released at 8.7. This was way before any of the ATGM handling reworks were implemented (meaning pretty much every ground-launched missile could pull like 20 Gs after leaving their launch tubes) and back when the TOW-2B was flat out broken. The TOW-2B used to have 430mm of flat pen, just slightly less than the base TOW and could easily one shot basically anything with overpressure consistently, and the HEAT effect could basically go thru any sort of roof armor. The Chadley did not have TOW-2As back then and was abused to hell with TOW-2Bs, being able to easily destroy anything that was hiding behind cover as long as the missile would detonate on top of the target. This was also a time when high pen, non tandem missiles such as base TOW-2s could go through 1st generation/basic ERA such as Kontakt-1 found on the T-72AV TURMS. This was fixed around the time the Wiesel 1A2 was released, and TOW-2Bs were nerfed around the same time as well into what we know them as today. At least the top-attack missiles weren't really affected by the ATGM handling reworks.

[@Bob_Dickinson]

ah man... i came around very late... Gad damn it... :(

[@icy3-1]

@@Bob_Dickinson Missed the broken TOW-2Bs? Wish you could've experienced them :3

[@nikolaideianov5092]

​@@icy3-1 isnt the bill missiles still like the old tow

[@icy3-1]

@@nikolaideianov5092 The BILLs were untouched

[@icy3-1]

@@nikolaideianov5092 Realistically speaking, yes. But the BILLs were never nerfed so yeah

[@tedparkinson2033]

yes boiiii, chadley peeeeeak!

[@Bob_Dickinson]

yossss!!!!!

[@MrJamesThe7th]

22:21 you made a little mistake here

[@Bob_Dickinson]

What umean the BMP2f i said instead of Bmp2M?

[@baderq8ty99]

it's absurd to think that the bmp-2m and 2S38 are at the same br as the m3a3, i'm against calling any mistake gaijin does "russian bias" but it's tempting right now

[@Bob_Dickinson]

well... all i can say is "Gaijin moment"

[@nikolaideianov5092]

If you consider the is6 secret mantlet plate that it had ... I will not give gaijin the benefit of the douth

[@Anarcho-harambeism]

One of the worst things done to the Bradley, in game it has a tiny spall liner, irl that shit is everywhere inside.

[@mutingp]

Pog Bradley

[@nightnovis]

Chunky boi

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Chonkster indeed

[@Vextonomy]

Cool

[@StarWarsExpert_]

6:18 cinda annoying.

[@TheOrdomalleus666]

Props for remembering Pentagon Wars :D

[@Bob_Dickinson]

GG! honestly it was Really interesting to me, there were so many sided to the argument of bradley and the pentagon wars in general.

[@tobilikebacon]

still waiting for AH-1Z video 🙃

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Well... im still waiting fir gaijin to add its full armaments :(

[@tobilikebacon]

@@Bob_Dickinson Sadly i Think they have forgotten about it ;(

[@Bob_Dickinson]

@@tobilikebacon bruh. . Gaijoob moment

[@DocFriday94]

bobber kurwa

[@Bob_Dickinson]

ofcourse! why not? hell yea xDD imma tell ya that tirpitz is waiting for us xD

[@DocFriday94]

@@Bob_Dickinsonthe lonely queen of the north is waiting for us

[@steveee_0]

I got you a TLDR version for the M3A3 Bradley in Warthunder: Its one of, if not the worst IFV at 10.x apart from maybe the Puma. BMP-2M or ZBD04 is straight out better. Everything swedish is better... Done...

[@Bob_Dickinson]

oh dayum, interesting

[@Aceofspadeswt]

I say bmp or t-80UD next

[@Bob_Dickinson]

I highly doubt about t80s in general, but BMP2s... maybe one day

[@LeonXD111]

Yipieeeee

[@0li945]

I am the the third person ever to play rank 7 sweden. Yay🎉

[@Bob_Dickinson]

very nice lol

[@shrillcrayfish6168]

A fellow solider I worked with in scout cav stated the Bradley was what happens when you get the highest bidder. Said it was meh at best

[@VenoveeWT]

hi bob

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Hi! :v

[@teawiththeadmiral8025]

second to none!

[@letsgobrandontrump2024]

Dardo is the superior ifv

[@Bob_Dickinson]

you gotta fight with the sweden mains with their Bill STRFs on that one tbh xd

[@TBCN69]

Damn baby are you M3A3? Because I M830A1 HEAT MP

[@Bob_Dickinson]

*reverb Fart SFX

[@maxdavidyermolaev4164]

Ukraine will find this very helpful❤

[@Bob_Dickinson]

very much interesting xD

[@speckiderkarpfen]

yipeeeeee o7

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Yay :D

[@simpleknight1922]

Wish the M3A3 have Additiinal ERA upgrade

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Yea... me too

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Gaijin would make busk as usefull as the tusk

[@Jan191]

the quality of your production improves with each upload man! BMP next??

[@Bob_Dickinson]

Oh sure thinga i just got the BMP2M and i gotta work more with them too