Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/M2A4 Bradley

"Bradley at your service!"

-Bradley leaving the Motor pool

The M2A4 Bradley is the primary Infantry fighting vehicle used by the Federation of Aquila's Armed Forces for many years since 1981 V.C. This unit is set to be voiced by Xander Mobus

Overview
The Bradley is designed for reconnaissance and to transport a squad of infantry, providing them protection from small arms fire, while also providing firepower to both suppress and eliminate most threats to friendly infantry. It is designed to be highly maneuverable and to be fast enough to keep up with heavy armor during an advance. The M2 holds a crew of three: a commander, a gunner, and a driver, as well as one infantry squad as passengers.

History
One of the early issues that drove the development of the infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) was the need to have a vehicle that could serve in a high-intensity conflict in Aquila and Hawke if the war happend again, which was feared might include the use of nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) type weapons. To work in such an environment, an IFV would have to have a life-support system that protected from outside contaminants while allowing the soldiers to fight from inside the vehicle. The earliest specification, from 1958 V.C. in the last years of the Voshkod-Aquilan War, called for a vehicle of no more than 8 tons, mounting a turret with a 20 mm autocannon and a 7.62 mm machine gun, with sealed firing ports for five infantry gunners.

The Bradley IFV was developed largely in response to the amphibious Voshkod BMP family of infantry fighting vehicles, and to serve as both an armored personnel carrier (APC), and a tank-killer. Design began in 1963 V.C. and entered production in 1981 V.C. One specific design requirement was that it should be as fast as the new M1 Abrams main battle tank so that they could maintain formations while moving, something which the older M113 armored personnel carrier could not do, as it had been designed to complement the older M60 Patton and current Crusader tanks.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * M2A4 Bradley (Aquila)
 * Fenrir IFV (Alliance)
 * Wasp IFV (ADI)
 * Type 89 IFV (Protectorate)
 * Puma IFV (Andora)
 * Bionix II (Community)
 * ZBD-04 "Tie Qi" (Empire)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * BMP-3 "Mauler" (Voshkod)
 * Vextra (Brotherhood)
 * BMD-1 (Horde)
 * BMD-1 "Krait" (MLA)
 * BMP-1 "Scrounger" (Collective)
 * Pincer ICV (Encantadia)
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * FV510 Warrior (Coalition)
 * Razorback (Blood Ravens)
 * Chaos Bradley (Heralds)
 * ... (Order)
 * ... (Survivors)
 * ... (Syndicate)
 * ... (Conglomerate)
 * Chimera Transport (Legion)

DLC

 * ... (Federation)
 * ... (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * ... (Skynet)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * ... (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * ... (League)
 * ... (Legion)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * ... (Pirates)
 * ... (Elona)
 * ... (Ascalia)
 * ... (Confederation)
 * ... (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Bionix II (Community)
 * ... (Security)
 * ... (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * ... (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * ... (Theocracy)
 * ... (Insurgents)
 * Dardo (Bastion)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * ... (Concordat)
 * ... (Contingent)
 * ... (Rangers)
 * ... (Eden)
 * ... (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * ... (Commnune)
 * Clique Mauler (Clique)