Footage shared to social media reportedly shows the first American Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) to arrive in Europe leaving the German port of Bremerhaven, en-route to Ukraine.

The trip from Bremerhaven to the Poland/Ukraine border is about a 13 hour trip (~1,260km by road at the closest point), not accounting for any stops. That doesn't necessarily mean that the Bradley is 13 hours from engaging Russian positions and tanks, though. There are a lot of people waiting to see how the Bradley fares in Ukraine. From a precedent perspective, many point to the Bradley's performance against the T-72's during the Gulf War as representative of it's prowess as a Tank-Killer. Specifically, those engagements were against T-series tanks that they'll likely encounter in Ukraine, albeit crewed by Iraqi's and with older technology than the Russians are reportedly running in more modernized T-series variants. What are your thoughts (from a performance perspective) on the Bradley in Ukraine? Let us know below.

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