Ukraine's M-2 Sib ntaus sib tua tsheb tsis yog tank. Tab sis lawv muaj peev xwm tua Tanks.

Lub version ntawm M-2 Bradley sib ntaus sib tua tsheb uas Tebchaws Meskas yog pub dawb rau Ukraine tsis yog qhov tseeb version. Tsis yog, nws yog qhov txawv ntawm qhov taug qab, 25-tuj tsheb uas US Army tau tsim nyob rau tom qab xyoo 1991 Kev Ua Haujlwm Suab puam.

M-2A2 ODS los ntawm tam sim no yog lub tsheb muaj hnub nyoog 30 xyoo. Tab sis nws lub hnub nyoog belies nws cov hauj lwm zoo. Peb tus neeg M-2 yog ib lub tsheb sib ntaus sib tua infantry uas nws txoj hauj lwm yog los nqa ib pab neeg infantry rau 25 tus neeg mus rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, tiv thaiv cov tub rog thaum lawv tshem tawm ces txhawb nqa lawv nrog lub tsheb XNUMX-millimeter autocannon thiab anti-tank missiles.

Cov tom kawg yog qhov tseem ceeb. Yog lawm, M-2 yog kev sib ntaus sib tua-taxi nrog ntau lub tsho tiv thaiv ntau dua li txhua lub tank. Tab sis nws yog ib tank tua sib ntaus sib tua-taxi. "Lub Bradley tshwj xeeb muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv armor uas yuav ua haujlwm tawm tsam, koj paub, txhua yam armored muaj peev xwm uas Russia tau ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv Ukraine, "Laura Cooper, tus pab cuam tus tuav ntaub ntawv tiv thaiv, hais rau cov neeg sau xov xwm rau hnub Friday.

Cov tub rog Asmeskas thiab lub tsheb tsim United Defense, tom qab BAE Systems, tsim M-2 hauv xyoo 1960. Mechanized tub rog ntau xyoo dhau los tau kawm tias cov tso tsheb hlau luam, thaum ceev thiab hnyav-ntaus, yog qhov yooj yim rau infantry ambushing lawv los ntawm ob sab thiab qab. Tank xav tau phooj ywg infantry los tiv thaiv lawv yeeb ncuab tub rog tub rog. Tab sis tus phooj ywg infantry xav tau qee txoj hauv kev kom ceev nrog lub tank nrawm thiab xa mus rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm kev tua hluav taws.

Cov tub rog German yog thawj zaug los daws qhov teeb meem no, nrog rau HS.30-ib lub tsheb tub rog-nqa armored tsheb nrog lub tsheb kauj vab thiab ib rab phom hnyav hnyav uas ua rau nws tshwm sim thaum xyoo 1950s. Lub Marder, ib qho kev txhim kho IFV, hloov pauv HS.30 sai sai hauv kev pabcuam German. Lub sijhawm ntawd, cov tub rog Soviet tau ua haujlwm thawj tiam ntawm nws tus kheej IFV, BMP.

Cov neeg Amelikas tau poob qis hauv kev siv tshuab thev naus laus zis. Lub Bradley yog US Army thawj qhov tseeb IFV, thiab nws tsis tau nkag mus rau hauv kev pabcuam kom txog thaum xyoo 1981-ze li 25 xyoo tom qab HS.30 thawj zaug tshwm sim.

Cov neeg Amelikas tau ua haujlwm hnyav kom ntes tau. Lub M-2 tseem yog ib tug hluas tsim thaum lub tebchaws United States thiab nws cov phooj ywg mus ua rog nrog Iraq nyob rau hauv 1991. Thaum lub sib ntaus sib tua ntawm 73 Easting nyob rau hauv yav qab teb Iraq thaum Lub Ob Hlis 26, US Army 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, nrog ib puas M. -2s thiab ib puas M-1 tso tsheb hlau luam, rhuav tshem ob lub tub rog Iraqi tub rog.

Cov Iraqis poob ib ncig ntawm 400 lub tsheb thiab ntau li ntau txhiab tus tub rog raug tua. Lub 2nd ACR poob ib Bradley thiab rau cov tub rog tua.

M-2s nyob rau hauv chav kawm ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua tau tua ntau tshaj li ib puas TOW anti-tank missiles los ntawm lawv turret-mounted ntxaib launchers-rau kev puas tsuaj. Gary Bloedorn, tus kws tshuaj ntsuam nrog Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb, tau piav qhia txog Bradley qhov zoo hauv ib tug 1992 txoj kev tshawb no ntawm 73 Easting.

Thaum ntxov ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua, 2nd ACR's Bradleys nrog lawv qhov ntev-ntev optics pom Iraqi MTLB scout tsheb ntau pua yards deb. M-2 qhov siab - 10 ko taw los ntawm hauv qab ntawm cov lem mus rau sab saum toj ntawm lub turret - tau pab cov neeg ua haujlwm saib xyuas lub hom phiaj. "Nco ntsoov lub Bradley sib ntaus sib tua tsheb lub 'doghouse' rau nws thermal pom yog hais txog 13 ntiv tes siab tshaj M-1's," Bloedorn hais. "Yog li Bradley tuaj yeem pom cov MTLBs no los ntawm cov khoom no ntawm qhov ntev thiab khaws lawv sai dua, thiab TOW missiles tau tuag ntseeg tau. Thaum lawv tua cov TSWV, lawv mus qhov uas lawv tua lawv.”

Ib qho ntawm cov lus qhia uas cov tub rog Asmeskas tau coj los ntawm kev ua tsov rog xyoo 1991 yog qhov M-2, txawm tias nyob rau hauv nws daim ntawv loj tshaj plaws, yog qhov muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv armor platform. “Lub Brad… yog tsis lub tank, tab sis nws tuaj yeem yog tus tua neeg tua neeg, " tweeted Mark Hertling, tus thawj tub rog laus hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas uas tau txib M-3, tus saib xyuas ntawm M-2, nyob rau hauv Desert Storm.

M-2 tuaj yeem tua nws 50 phaus, xaim coj TOW missiles mus rau qhov deb ntawm ob mais. Hertling tau hais tias "Lub foob pob hluav taws tiv thaiv muaj qhov ntev dua li [Lavxias] lub tank phom," Hertling tau taw qhia. Nrog ceev faj tactics, M-2 crews muaj peev xwm maneuver nyob ib ncig ntawm cov yeeb ncuab tso tsheb hlau luam, jabbing ntawm lawv nrog TOWs thaum nyob sab nraum qhov ncav cuag ntawm tus yeeb ncuab tus kheej riam phom.

Tom qab '91 tsov rog, Cov Tub Rog tau hloov kho ntau txhiab tus M-2s mus rau M-2A2 ODS tus qauv tshiab, uas tau ntxiv lub laser rangefinder thiab GPS thiab txhawb nqa lub tsheb tiv thaiv lub tank los ntawm kev txhim kho racks rau Javelin anti-tank missiles, uas. hauv qhov hnyav thiab ntau yam zoo ib yam li TOWs. Tam sim no ib pab neeg ua haujlwm M-2 thiab nws pab pawg tub rog tsis muaj zog ob qho tib si tuaj yeem tua cov cuaj luaj ntawm cov yeeb ncuab tso tsheb hlau luam los ntawm dhau qhov ntau ntawm cov phom phom loj.

Niaj hnub no cov tub rog Asmeskas feem ntau siv M-2A3 thiab M-2A4 Bradleys nrog cov cuab yeej ntxiv, lub cav thiab kev hloov pauv hloov pauv. Cov laus M-2A2 ODSs, ntau li 2,000 ntawm lawv, tau mus rau hauv cia. Nws yog cov ODS- qauv uas yuav mus rau Ukraine.

Thawj pob muaj xws li 50 M-2s, 500 TOW missiles thiab 250,000 rounds ntawm 25-millimeter mos txwv. Thiab kev cob qhia rau Ukrainian crews, tau kawg. "Lub tsheb Bradley yuav ntxiv dag zog rau Ukraine lub peev xwm los ua kev ua haujlwm nyuaj hauv yuav luag txhua qhov huab cua thiab thaj av, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau sab qab teb thiab sab hnub tuaj ntawm lub tebchaws," Cooper tau hais.

Thiab lawv yuav ntxiv "kev muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv riam phom tseem ceeb" rau txhua qhov chaw uas lawv rov nruab.