Meng Model SS-004 1/35 M2A3 Bradley with BUSK III

Model Kit

M2A3 Bradley BUSK III IFV, the U.S. Armys most advanced IFV at present, is a variant of the M2 Bradley which went into service in 1980s. This IFV is installed with the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) Battlefield Command Information System and Bradley Urban Survivability Kits (BUSK). It has strong survivability and informatization combat capabilities.

Combat weight of a M2A3 Bradley BUSK III IFV with ERA modules is about 30t. It is powered by a 600hp VTA-903T diesel engine with an HMPT-500-3 hydromechanical transmission. The two-man turret consists of a 25mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun, a 7.62mm M240C coaxial machine gun and a two-tube TOW anti-tank missile launcher. The rear passenger compartment can hold 6 soldiers and theres room for another one behind the drivers seat. So taking into account of the crew, it can hold 10 people in total.

This IFV serves in U.S. troops stationed in the Continental United States, Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea.

FEATURES:

• 1/35 scale
• Length: 203.5mm
• Width: 107.3mm
• Height: 97.1mm (to the top of the closed Commander’s Independent Thermal Viewer)
• Full hull and turret interiors (incl. engine, transmission and all parts in the drivers compartment and passenger compartment)
• Movable hatches, workable tracks, movable suspension and the linkage of the coaxial machine gun sight