AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REFERENCE HANDBOOK

FM 44-100-2
BRADLEY STINGER FIGHTING VEHICLE
3-25. The Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle (BSFV) consists of a Bradley
Fighting Vehicle transporting a Stinger MANPADS team (figure 3-6). The
primary role of the BSFV is to protect forward area maneuver combat forces,
combat support elements, and other critical assets from attack by hostile RW
and FW aerial platforms operating at low altitudes. The BSFV can deliver
effective fire against ground targets such as lightly armored vehicles and
tanks using the Bradley Fighting Vehicle turret weapons.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
3-26. The BSFV is a fully tracked, diesel-powered, lightly armored vehicle.
The turret on the BSFV is equipped with a 25mm main gun, 7.62mm coaxial
machine gun, externally mounted tube launched, optically tracked, wire
guided (TOW) missile launcher, and two M257 smoke grenade launchers. The
fire control system features an integrated day or night sight incorporating a
thermal-imaging infrared device. The recommended load for missiles on the
BSFV is six Stinger and five TOW missiles. Two TOW missiles are ready and
three stored. All six Stingers are stored in a ready rack. Five soldiers man the
BSFV (figure 3-7, page 3-10).
3-8
117 in
(297 cm)
117 in (297 cm)
129 in (328 cm)
142 in (361 cm)
154 in (391 cm)
258 in (655 cm)
Figure 3-6. Bradley Stinger Fighting Vehicle (BSFV)
Table 3-1. BSFV System Characteristics
Missiles TOW: 2 ready; 3 stowed
Stinger: 6 stowed
Ammunition (25mm) Armor-piercing discarding sabot-tracer (APDS-T): 70 Ready; 140 stowed
High explosive incendiary-tracer (HEI-T): 230 Ready; 460 stowed
GENERAL Weight (combat loaded): M2A2: 50,261 LB (22,798 kg)
Weight (less fuel, crew, and OVE): M2A2: 43,500 LB (19,732 kg)
Weight (air transportable): 40,775 LB (18,495 kg)
Ground pressure (combat loaded): 7.7 psi (0.54 lg./cm 2 )