There are narrow places: As the Ukrainian Army repairs damaged M2 Bradley, - WP (photo)

The Ukrainian military in the field is repairing the US BMP, but when it is impossible to do so, Bradley is sent for restoration to Poland. The 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of Magura received the American Bradley BMP, which is already used in hostilities. Due to the huge areas of replaced areas, some of them need repair. The Washington Post has published a report on how the machines are being restored. Since the beginning of the offensive actions, several cars were damaged by varying degrees.

Most of them were returned to the battlefield after field repairs. If the damage is too serious, then the equipment is sent for recovery to Poland, journalists say. In the US Army, BMP is considered destroyed if it is impossible to repair it - it is called "catastrophic destruction. " In such cases, the military still, if possible, try to remove the surviving parts from the car. The losses of Western equipment on the battlefield were expected.

However, the Ukrainian military notes that Bradley has an extremely high level of protection. Even after being blasted on mines, the car saves the life of a crew, which consists of 3 fighters and 6 paratroopers. The publication states that most of the damaged machines they saw were damaged by mines. According to the fighter with the call sign CZ, the Russians installed hundreds of thousands of mines.

Therefore, the Armed Forces have changed tactics and attack small groups, and not conduct general military operations. Sometimes the M2 Bradley repair can only take a few hours, sometimes it can last for days. Some machines have a "donor" mark, which means that you can take parts to repair others Bradley. Then the "donor" machine is filled with broken. Details and leaves for repair to Poland. The military complains that they lack parts for repair.

Because in order to recover, a request to a senior commander who has a limited number of spare parts is required. The fewer vehicles need to be sent to Poland for major repairs, the "more saved lives", said "MAZ". Troops cannot afford to wait weeks until Bradley returns to the front line. However, the publication states that sometimes the United States supplies new machines to replace those that send for repairs so that the military does not waste time.