| | M113A3 GAVIN FIGHTING VEHICLES (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | As a result, M2 units must depend on indirect fire support and their own direct fire 25-mm and MMGs to suppress an infantry force, and at that, this force must be foolhardy enough to ambush from unprepared fighting positions along the forward slopes of nearby terrain rises. |
 | | The infantry inside the Bradley are there then to "protect tanks" and "consolidate gains," which means the objectives the infantry is going to dismount for will have already been taken by the action of the vehicles, i.e., M1A1 main battle tanks and M2 Bradley IFVs. |
 | | While it is true that M2 Bradley-only equipped units would be better termed "armored infantry," the 30th Infantry Brigade (Enhanced Readiness) (and other brigades facing the same problems) should have both armored infantry and mechanized infantry battalions the ability to fight in the open or in closed terrain. |
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