M2A3 Bradley
This article is about the HECU APC. For the Combine APC, see Armored Personnel Carrier. |
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| M2A3 Bradley | |
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| General information | |
| Faction | |
| Type | |
| Crew |
3 + 6 |
| Weapon(s) |
25mm chaingun or TOW missile launcher |
| Game information | |
| Entity |
N/A (brush (the turret itself is named "func_breakable") |
| Designer(s) | |
The M2A3 Bradley[2] is a US military infantry fighting vehicle used by the HECU during the Black Mesa Incident. Its main uses are to transport troops around the facility and provide them support with heavy firepower.
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Tactics[edit]
- Two types of Bradleys can be found in the games: one equipped with a 25mm cannon, and another with a rocket launcher. The rocket-equipped Bradleys are easier to destroy because the rockets they fire can be avoided and even guided back to the tank by the player with the RPG's laser. The cannon-equipped Bradleys are more difficult to destroy. Not only do they shoot faster, but the projectiles cannot be seen, making them harder to dodge.
- When on top of it, the Bradley can be destroyed with the crowbar.
- Unlike the M1A1 Abrams tank, the Bradley's turret can swivel 360 degrees, making it impossible to sneak up on the vehicle from behind.
- It also can be defeated by backfire. With the RPG's laser guide, it is possible to guide the Bradley's rockets back at it.[3]
Behind the scenes[edit]
- Unused camouflage textures for the Bradley can be found in the Half-Life game files. It is unknown whether they were used in old builds of Half-Life or are leftovers of the early Team Fortress 2.
- Although a model is present in the Decay files, it does not appear in-game. Its only animations are related to the back door opening (happening in the Topside Motorpool in Half-Life), and for the turret moving around and aiming. The inside textures are not completed like in the brush versions seen in-game.
- As with many vehicles that appear in Half-Life, the M2A3 Bradley can be seen in some Counter-Strike maps, for example, in Piranesi, there is a Bradley in the Counter-Terrorist base.
- As seen in the vignette Weather Control featured in Raising the Bar, Bradleys were to be used by the Half-Life 2 Conscripts.[4]
Gallery[edit]
The unused camouflage textures applied on the Bradley brush.
Variant with rocket launcher.
Unused PlayStation 2 model.
Destroyed version.
Inside.
The rocket launcher Bradley in the Topside Motorpool after being destroyed.
A M2A3 Bradley and a HECU soldier exiting from a garage door.
A Bradley deploying Marines.
An Alien Grunt fighting off HECU soldiers leaving the M2A3 Bradley.
A wrecked Bradley in Opposing Force.
List of appearances[edit]
- Half-Life (First appearance)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Decay (Game files only)
References[edit]
- ↑ Half-Life section on Karen Laur's personal website (textures)
- ↑ Half-Life texture files
- ↑
Bradley backfire on YouTube
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, page 184
External links[edit]
| Hazardous Environment Combat Unit | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Minor members · Dwight T. Barnes · Sharp · Adrian Shephard |
| Classes | HECU Engineer · HECU Medic · HECU Sniper |
| Weapons | 9mm Pistol · Artillery Cannon · Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Dynamite · Fragmentation Grenade · Gun Emplacement · Land Mine · Laser Trip Mine · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M-40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mortar · Submachine Gun · Rocket Cannon · RPG · Satchel Charge · Sentry Gun · Shotgun · Tripod-Mounted Heavy Machine Gun |
| Transportation | AH-64 Apache · Jet · M1A1 Abrams · M2A3 Bradley · M44 cargo truck · Osprey Heliplane |
| Technology | Chargers · Powered Combat Vest · Radio · Tactical Map · Transportation · Weapons |
| Other | Hazardous Environment Combat Unit models · Military Police · Robot Grunt · Santego Military Base |
| Classes (cut) | Human Sergeant |
| Weapons (cut) | 20mm Cannon |
