QUOTE: Originally posted by Ex949
I would like to see the other half of the pix tho! (3 red 'x's). Like Tigerman, I'm unfamiliar with the vehicle. |
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Don't know why the other 3 pics aren't coming up. The code is correct. Click on the link in my signature box for HeavyArty's Showcase II to see all the photos.
| QUOTE: ... what are the pinkish eraser-like things on the turret stowage bin? |
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Not sure what you are referring to. In the stowage bin are duffel bags (w/red painted bottom and name and unit stenciled on them), MRE boxes, bedroles, etc.
| QUOTE: Like Tigerman, I'm unfamiliar with the vehicle. |
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M7 B-FIST is a specially modified Bradley that has new digital equipment that is hooked up to the rangefinder of the Brad that computes exact, 10 digit grid location data to transmit digitally to artillery firing units for fire missions. It also has 4 radios, instead of the normal two, so the Fires Integration Support Team (FIST) can talk to the forward observers, mortars, Co command net, and FA nets, and a digital radio. That is why there are 4 normal antennas. The shorter antenna on the turret is for EPLRS, which is linked digitally to other vehicles for situational awareness by showing their positions as icons on a digiutal map. It has a crew of 4, driver, radio operator, Fire Support Officer/ Bradley Commander, and a gunner/ Fire Support NCO.
Here's more data on the vehicle: http://www.pmbradley.org/family/bfist.htm
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