Pentagon Wars, a movie centering around the troubled development of the M2 / M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, is fairly popular in the Armored Fighting Vehicle community. In reading the book written by Colonel James Burton, I think that people should take both the movie and his memoir with a pile of salt. Burton belongs to a think tank group called the “Reformers“, which to be quite frank is a lot of people making outdated and misinformed ideas / claims. Burton’s recollection of the Bradley program is incorrect and further distorted by the movie.
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Songs used (in order from first to last):
Blade Runner (1997 game, Frank Klepacki) - Blade Runner Blues
Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness)
Sources:
The Bradley and how it Got that Way, Technology, Institutions, and the Problem of Mechanized Infantry in the United States Army – W. Blair Haworth
The Pentagon Wars, Reformers Challenge the Old Guard – James Burton
NSIAD-87-40 Bradley Vehicle: Army’s Efforts To Make It More Survivable
NSIAD-92-94 Operation Desert Storm: Early Performance Assessment of Bradley and Abrams
A182777 Army Acquisition System vs. The Media
Bradley: A History of American Fighting and Support Vehicles - R.P. Hunnicutt
Department of Defense Appropriations for 1984
Defense Department Authorization and Oversight Hearings on H.R. 4428, Department of Defense Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1987
The Reformers - John T. Correll
The Reformers - Fred Reed
Army Volume 35 - 1985
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