The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars- Review and analysis
The Pentagon is responsible to check the development of new projects and also curtail excessive spending in the projects. One of these projects was initiated to develop the Bradley Armored Personnel Carrier. The project was undertaken in 1968 with a vision to create an armored personnel carrier with the objective to bring troops to the combat zone swiftly, efficiently and safely. The initial plan was designed to hold 11 men and one driver. The Bradley’s objective was to provide a lightly armored, speedy and safe vehicle with the best technology possible to the customer or in this case, the American soldiers
The Bradley was initiated because of several external factors. It was developed largely in response to the Soviet infantry fighting vehicles by Colonel Smith but overtime it was subjected to lots of changes from the demands of a panel of army generals. It was transformed into a hybrid troop carrier, a scout vehicle, an anti-tank weapon and the carrying capacities changed from 11 men to 6 men in order to make room for weaponry. It also used aluminum in the vehicle instead of steel to serve as a scout vehicle though it was known from a report created by the British that aluminum armor burns and emits a toxic gas when hit by a shell.
The project was funded by US Congress and it was managed by The Pentagon. Army Major General Patridge was responsible for the success of the Bradley project under the supervision of the Congress. It can be drawn that he is in fact the project manager of the project but there were many stakeholders involved before he stepped into the project and Colonel Smith dealt with the product planning and development for eleven years. Each of the stakeholders had their own views and tried to incorporate as many things as possible such as incorporating portholes, suggesting it to be an amphibious vehicle without any consideration of the scope of the project. The communication throughout the project
The Pentagon is responsible to check the development of new projects and also curtail excessive spending in the projects. One of these projects was initiated to develop the Bradley Armored Personnel Carrier. The project was undertaken in 1968 with a vision to create an armored personnel carrier with the objective to bring troops to the combat zone swiftly, efficiently and safely. The initial plan was designed to hold 11 men and one driver. The Bradley’s objective was to provide a lightly armored, speedy and safe vehicle with the best technology possible to the customer or in this case, the American soldiers
The Bradley was initiated because of several external factors. It was developed largely in response to the Soviet infantry fighting vehicles by Colonel Smith but overtime it was subjected to lots of changes from the demands of a panel of army generals. It was transformed into a hybrid troop carrier, a scout vehicle, an anti-tank weapon and the carrying capacities changed from 11 men to 6 men in order to make room for weaponry. It also used aluminum in the vehicle instead of steel to serve as a scout vehicle though it was known from a report created by the British that aluminum armor burns and emits a toxic gas when hit by a shell.
The project was funded by US Congress and it was managed by The Pentagon. Army Major General Patridge was responsible for the success of the Bradley project under the supervision of the Congress. It can be drawn that he is in fact the project manager of the project but there were many stakeholders involved before he stepped into the project and Colonel Smith dealt with the product planning and development for eleven years. Each of the stakeholders had their own views and tried to incorporate as many things as possible such as incorporating portholes, suggesting it to be an amphibious vehicle without any consideration of the scope of the project. The communication throughout the project