Bradley Beam
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If you could re-design the Bradley what type of ATGM would you mount on it?
Within reason...no freaking sharks with freaking laser beams on their heads, no nuclear waste projecting claymores, no face hugger projectors, no holy handgrenade of Antioch......REAL and practical AT weaponry
None.
The TOW missile system (and the 2-man turret) were not infantry requirements. They were pushed on the vehicle by the Cavalry.
In the early 1970's the Army had seperate vehicle programs going on for a Cavalry scout vehicle and an Infantry vehicle. The XM800 Cav vehicle would have had a 2-man turret with missile launcher and the XM723 Infantry vehicle a 1-man turret and full size 9-man infantry squad. When it was decided to merge the two vehicle programs to save money the Infantry vehicle got stuck with the 2-man Cavalry turret. The extra space occupied by this turret and the stowage requirements of the missiles reduced the size of the Infantry vehicles primary weapon - its dismount squad - by 33% down to just 6 men.
From a tactical point of view giving a thin-skinned vehicle like the Brad the ability to duke it out with tanks seems suicidal as well. Against poorly trained, led and and inadequately supported conscripts the idea might be OK, but against a real enemy it seems insane. The in-action and flight time of the TOW or any other missiles is far greater than that of a tank gun.