{"id":2331032,"date":"2024-08-26T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-are-american-made-bradleys-in-kursk\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:12:41","slug":"fact-check-are-american-made-bradleys-in-kursk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-are-american-made-bradleys-in-kursk\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Are American-Made Bradleys In Kursk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-are-american-made-bradleys-in-kursk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Russian Ministry \u200dof Defense has asserted that they destroyed an American-made \u200bBradley \u2064infantry fighting vehicle \u200b(IFV) \u200cin Kursk. However, fact-checking reveals that \u2064the vehicle shown in \u2063a video appears to be a \u2063German-made Marder IFV instead. Experts from the Institute \u2062for the Study\u200b of War have noted that there is no \u2062evidence of Bradleys being present in Kursk. The claim emerged amidst reports of \u2063Ukraine&#8217;s military making advances in the region, taking \u2063control of several Russian towns \u2062and villages, although their progress has recently slowed. The video \u200bpurportedly depicts a drone strike on an armored vehicle, \u2064but military analysis indicates it is likely \u200ba Marder rather than \u200ba \u200bBradley.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>The Russian Ministry of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mod_russia_en\/15535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed<\/a> to have destroyed an American-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Kursk.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#127479;&#127482; More Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment was destroyed by Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.<br \/> An American-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, a Cossack armored vehicle, and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-leaving-behind-75000-vehicles-600000-weapons-208-aircraft-in-afghanistan-watchdog-says\/\" title=\"U.S. Leaving Behind 75,000 Vehicles, 600,000 Weapons, 208 Aircraft In Afghanistan, Watchdog Says\">armored personnel carrier<\/a> were destroyed.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kursk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kursk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#&#1088;&#1086;&#1089;&#1089;&#1080;&#1103;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PzCjFDJ5Q5\">pic.twitter.com\/PzCjFDJ5Q5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chiara Z &#127479;&#127482; (@chiara_russkiy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiara_russkiy\/status\/1821375247725015352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The vehicle in the video appears to be a German-made Marder IFV, not a Bradley. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has not seen any evidence of Bradleys in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s surprise assault on Kursk has seen dozens of Russian towns and villages come under its control, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/08\/23\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-kursk-invasion-map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Ukraine&rsquo;s advancement into Russia has slowed in recent days, though they have still made gains, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to show a Bradley IFV being destroyed by a drone strike. The video shows a drone strike on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-holds-parade-for-islamic-emirate-army-with-captured-american-gear\/\" title=\"Taliban Holds Parade for \u2018Islamic Emirate Army\u2019 with Captured American Gear\">armored fighting vehicle<\/a> (AFV). <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/06\/fact-check-no-video-of-a-patriot-launcher-is-not-from-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, Video Of A Patriot Launcher Is Not From Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This claim is misleading. The AFV in the video appears to be a Marder, not a Bradley. Oryx, a military analysis website that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ukraine-destroy-hundreds-of-tanks-in-kharkiv\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Ukraine Destroy \u2018Hundreds\u2019 Of Tanks In Kharkiv?\">tracks vehicle losses<\/a> in the Russian-Ukrainian war, has listed the vehicle as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2024\/08\/localimages\/2000-Marder-1-A3-dam-08-08-24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marder<\/a> in its page on Ukrainian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oryxspioenkop.com\/2022\/02\/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">military<\/a> losses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is likely a Marder, not a Bradley. It&rsquo;s grainy but the Marder has a less pronounced slope, the turret isn&rsquo;t as beefy. We&rsquo;ve seen no other evidence of Bradleys in the Kursk direction. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0slz1S5I3x\">https:\/\/t.co\/0slz1S5I3x<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6gXajHkjV\">pic.twitter.com\/k6gXajHkjV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elias Atienza (@AtienzaElias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtienzaElias\/status\/1823277968828871071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kendrick Frankel, a communications associate with ISW, told Check Your Fact that there is no evidence of Bradleys in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve not seen any verified visual evidence of Bradleys operating in Kursk, and the unit that we know to operate Bradleys (Ukraine&rsquo;s 47th Brigade) is not in Kursk but in Pokrovsk, which is where we continue to see confirmed footage of Bradleys,&rdquo; Frankel said and pointed to several Russian military bloggers making the same claims about Bradleys in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But our assessment is that the milbloggers are either mistaken or sowing disinformation by calling everything the Russians kill a Bradley for propaganda purposes until visual confirmation proves otherwise. We have seen German (Marders) and other US vehicles (Strykers) in Kursk that Russian media has misreported as Bradleys, however,&rdquo; Frankel said.<\/p>\n<p>The 47th Mechanized Brigade has been the sole known Ukrainian unit to receive Bradleys, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/russia-ukraine-47th-mechanized-brigade-bradley-infantry-fighting-vehicles-donetsk-1934614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>. The brigade posted on Telegram a video of them evacuating troops in the Pokrovsk region, which is the Donbas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video from Ukraine&rsquo;s 47th Mechanized Brigade showing a Bradley IFV extracting infantry after a DPICM strike on advancing Russian infantry. The post says Russia has not massively redeployed from the Pokrovsk front and their main force remains in the Donbas.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p2i8elasFv\">pic.twitter.com\/p2i8elasFv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rob Lee (@RALee85) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RALee85\/status\/1825243405649137770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check Your Fact has found no evidence of Bradleys being used in Kursk. We rate this claim misleading.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Ministry of Defense asserted that they had destroyed an American-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Kursk. They reported that additional equipment belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also destroyed in the region, including a Bradley IFV, a Cossack armored vehicle, and an armored personnel carrier. However, this claim has been deemed misleading. The vehicle depicted in the accompanying video appears to be a German-made Marder IFV rather than a Bradley. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has not found any evidence supporting the presence of Bradleys in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p>According to The New York Times, Ukraine&#8217;s unexpected offensive into Kursk has resulted in numerous Russian towns and villages falling under Ukrainian control; however, their progress has slowed recently despite some continued gains. The Russian Ministry of Defense released footage purportedly showing a drone strike on what they claimed was a Bradley IFV being destroyed. Yet experts have pointed out that this armored fighting vehicle (AFV) looks more like a Marder than a Bradley.<\/p>\n<p>Oryx, which tracks military losses during the conflict, lists this vehicle as a Marder among Ukrainian military losses. Observations indicate it is likely indeed a Marder due to its distinct features compared to Bradleys; it shows less slope and has different turret characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Frankel from ISW stated there is no verified visual evidence of Bradleys operating in Kursk and noted that Ukraine\u2019s 47th Brigade\u2014known for using Bradleys\u2014is currently stationed elsewhere in Pokrovsk where confirmed footage of their operations exists. He suggested that some Russian military bloggers may be misidentifying vehicles or spreading disinformation by labeling all destroyed vehicles as Bradleys for propaganda purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The 47th Mechanized Brigade is recognized as the only known unit receiving Bradleys according to Newsweek reports; they shared videos on Telegram showing these vehicles evacuating troops after engagements with advancing Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Check Your Fact found no substantiated evidence supporting claims about Bradleys being utilized or destroyed in Kursk and rates these assertions as misleading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2331033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2163666514-scaled-e1724433849139.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39303,13420,38482,39304],"class_list":["post-2331032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bradley-vehicles","tag-fact-check","tag-kursk","tag-military-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2163666514-scaled-e1724433849139.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}