(TCAG) Командир Бред Кроуфорд (CDR Brad Crawford)
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Combat vet 🇺🇸 | #NAFO | Foreign advisor in 🇺🇦 | Founder, Tactical Combat Advisory Group (TCAG) | 4+ years in 🇺🇦 | 5,500+ soldiers, 22 brigades advised
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The Skif is a very smart move, and honestly, it makes a lot of sense for Ukraine right now. Working here in Ukraine, I have spent a lot of time on and around M113 armored personnel carriers. They are not perfect, and nobody is going to pretend they are the most advanced thing on the battlefield. But what they are is reliable, simple, easy to maintain, and able to move troops where they need to go. In war, those things matter more than people sometimes realize. What the Skif appears to do is take the best parts of that old proven concept and improve where it matters. Better protection, more modularity, more options for weapons systems, and a platform that can be adapted into multiple battlefield roles. That is exactly the kind of thinking Ukraine needs. One of the biggest problems in war is running too many different vehicle types with too many different parts, maintenance demands, and training requirements. A modular platform helps solve that. If one vehicle family can handle troop transport, support roles, casualty evacuation, command functions, and other missions, it makes life easier for logistics, mechanics, crews, and commanders. The video I shared last year from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems showed exactly what can be done with these older platforms when modern thinking is applied. It highlighted the potential for upgrades in protection, mobility, firepower, and battlefield technology, proving that an older armored vehicle does not have to stay stuck in the past. I am sure the Ukrainians are looking at the same reality with their domestically produced version. Take a proven concept, improve what matters, modernize it for today’s battlefield, and build it locally so it can be sustained during war. That is smart thinking, and that is how you turn a practical platform into a highly effective combat vehicle. The Skif looks like another step in the right direction. Слава Україні. Героям слава. 🇺🇦
(TCAG) Командир Бред Кроуфорд (CDR Brad Crawford)76,982 views • 4 months ago
𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗥 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗞𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗧𝗦. There is a lot of discussion right now about Ukraine potentially receiving the ability to manufacture Patriot air defense systems under license. That sounds important. But unless you understand what the Patriot actually is, what it can do, and what licensed production could eventually mean for Ukraine, it is difficult to understand just how significant this could become. So, let’s talk about it.
(TCAG) Командир Бред Кроуфорд (CDR Brad Crawford)20,827 views • 1 month ago
I spent years on this platform as a Bradley commander and a senior member of a four vehicle platoon. I know what this machine can do. Now I’m seeing it here in Ukraine, in the hands of Ukrainian crews, and it hits different. I stepped into a Bradley fighting vehicle and spoke directly with the soldiers running it. No cameras, no footage for OPSEC. Just real conversations, real experience being passed on. And that part meant everything. Being able to share what I learned over years on this system, helping them refine how they fight and maintain it, was something I will not forget. But what stood out even more was them. Their professionalism. Their understanding. Their ability to take this platform and use it the right way, in real combat conditions. And watching Ukrainians operate this system in action? That was powerful. This is what matters. Not theory. Not talk. Real capability, in the hands of soldiers who are adapting and getting better every single day. To the United States, thank you. These vehicles are making a difference here in Ukraine. More will matter. And to Haci Productions Thank you for putting together an outstanding video that shows the true capabilities of this platform. It is worth your time to watch. Слава Україні. Героям слава. 🇺🇦
(TCAG) Командир Бред Кроуфорд (CDR Brad Crawford)37,562 views • 4 months ago
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