FWIW this is why the M3's have 150 rounds and the rest have 90
Don
http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m2bradley.html
900 rounds
(300 ready)
http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m3bradley.html
1500 rounds
(300 ready)
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The M3 cavalry fighting vehicle was essentially a restowed M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. The M3 was the cavalry scout version, and its passenger compartment was occupied by two observers and more ammunition and missiles. Since the M3 lacked an infantry squad, it carried no firing port weapons, and the firing ports themselves were covered. The M3 retained the three periscopes between the cargo hatch and entry ramp and the periscopes along the sides of the vehicle.
The M3A1 incorporated the same improvements as the M2A1 Bradley. The CFV differed from the IFV in having NBC masks connected to the central filter for all five crewmen, instead of just the driver, gunner, and vehicle commander. The three periscopes on the rear deck were omitted in the M3A1, and replaced by four periscopes in the cargo hatch itself. The two periscopes on the right side of the passenger copmpartment were also deleted.
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...nd/m2a2ods.htm
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5) Ammunition: IFV CFV
25mm 900 1500
7.62mm 4400 7600
5.56mm 5040 1600
TOW 5 12
JAVELIN 2 0
AT4 3 0
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It doesn't require a lot of effort to find sources that disagree. These three differ for the number of TOW missiles the
IFV Bradley carries. Globalsecurity in this quote claims 5 total whereas
http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/m2bradley.html claims 5 in hull and two in turret and that matches what we already have as does the 12 total carried for the
CFV version. The real " error" is the number of passengers we allow in the CFV. If I change those to 2 passengers there looks like a couple of formations that would need adjusting