I loved this movie for years and I still find it entertaining and there are sparks of truth in it. However after a bit of research on the Bradley I learned that our protagonist IRL is not a naive young good willed officer but a radical anti-tech weirdo member of a strange US Army sect called Reformers.
Like most vehicles in early development the Bradley had issues but the design concept was innovative and completely misrepresented in the movie. The IFV was a revolutionaly concept, literally, it was taken from the Russian BMP. It was so new many commanders did not know what to do with it.
You may search for Reformers, Bradley, Infantry Fighting Vehicle and even wikipedia will explain in detail.
To be short the Bradley never meant to withstand an anti-tank shell, because it is not a tank. It cannot carry so much troops because it is not an APC.
The movie was made from a book which was written by its protagonist to glorify himself. That is already quite telling.
However the music is catchy, the scenes are funny, some of the beurocracy parts are plausiable, and overall it is well made, but it is well made propaganda mostly telling lies.
One saving factor is that is is satiric, so you can argue that you were not meant to take this seriously, so watch it as a parody of the development of the Bradley.
If you are curious about how well the Bradley performs you may also read about the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm. It vastly outclassed its Russian counterparts and even went decently against tanks.
Like most vehicles in early development the Bradley had issues but the design concept was innovative and completely misrepresented in the movie. The IFV was a revolutionaly concept, literally, it was taken from the Russian BMP. It was so new many commanders did not know what to do with it.
You may search for Reformers, Bradley, Infantry Fighting Vehicle and even wikipedia will explain in detail.
To be short the Bradley never meant to withstand an anti-tank shell, because it is not a tank. It cannot carry so much troops because it is not an APC.
The movie was made from a book which was written by its protagonist to glorify himself. That is already quite telling.
However the music is catchy, the scenes are funny, some of the beurocracy parts are plausiable, and overall it is well made, but it is well made propaganda mostly telling lies.
One saving factor is that is is satiric, so you can argue that you were not meant to take this seriously, so watch it as a parody of the development of the Bradley.
If you are curious about how well the Bradley performs you may also read about the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm. It vastly outclassed its Russian counterparts and even went decently against tanks.