The US Army has released a photo of a Bradley fighter vehicle using its BGM-71 Tow Anti-Tank Guided Missile Launcher to dismiss something else that is simply called the “670”, which previously seems to be unseen.
“An American army Bradley Fighting Vehicle launches a 670 during Project Convergence-Capstone 5 (PC-C5) on Fort Irwin, California, in March 2025,” is the caption of the image. “PC-C5 is the most important joint, combined experiment organized by Army Futures Command to show how technology improves the military operations of cross-domain.”
The full image that the American army of the Bradley has released that fired the “670” from his towing tractor during PC-C5 in March 2025. US Army Sgt. Marita Schwab
The army started the project convergence initiative in 2020 and used events such as PC-C5 to merge, integrate and network in more and more operational representative circumstances. The first half will take place this month in the vast National Training Center (NTC) in Fort Irwin in California. The second half starts next month at several business locations in the Indo-Pacific.
No further information about the 670 looks to be immediately available and TWZ has contacted the army for more information.
From what can be seen in the image, the 670 is propelled, at least immediately after the launch, by a small rocket motor on the back of its wide cylindrical body. It also has three pop-out rasters fins at the end. Whether or not it has other control surfaces that are not seen in their positions used is unknown, but there are open sections visible in the direction of the front of the body.
The 670 also has a rounded white -colored nose, but whether that is a radome or seeker, or just an aerodynamic tub or something else, is unknown. There are also at least three different sections visible along one side of the body, which may be modular and possibly to be refrained from loads, such as cluster munitions or countermeasures of a certain type.
A further consideration of the “670.” US Army
The overall configuration of the 670 clearly differs from each version of the BGM-71 that is known to exist, including modern types that are no longer accompanied by wire. However, because it can be fired from a Bradley towel set, it must at least have a similar form factor. The current generation of tow missiles have slightly less than four feet long and six centimeters in diameter. Certain variants have probes that extend after the launch around a base of the front of the nose to defeat an explosive reactive armor and otherwise ensure optimum detonation. You can read more about the Full Tow Missile Family here.
An American army Bradley Fighting Vehicle fires a typical towing rocket from the launcher. US Army
The US Army has the GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM) launched by the tube in its inventory, which has three griders on the tail and is of the right general size. However, the SGM, which also has a pop-out main wing, has been detached and his fins have a different design than the one on the 670.
A representation of the GBU-69/B Small Glide Munition (SGM). Leidos Dynetics
Without knowing, it is difficult to say with certainty whether the 670 can be an ammunition, a detailed system, counter -measure or something else.
An important part of all project convergence events since the army launched the initiative for the first time in 2020, has been tests of what is now called 'launched effects'. This broad period includes a quiet -growing range of drones and around with ammunition that can be launched from aircraft with a fixed wing, helicopters and platforms on the ground. A launched effect design that is able to perform surveillance and exploration, electronic warfare, kinetic attack and/or other functions, and that can be fired from existing drags, could be a blessing for various army units that go beyond heavy armored formations equipped with Bradleys.
The video below offers a very general overview of the vision of the army for its future family of launched effects.
In recent years, the army has also investigated options for a new anti-tank-guided rocket to follow the venerable BGM-71 series that could also use existing launchers.
An air defense version of the Bradley, known as the M6-Linebacker, with a four-round launcher for Stinger-Hitte-seeking surface-air missiles instead of dragging, was also earlier in the army inventory. The service could now look at ways to restart that general concept, especially in the light of the growing threat of drones.
An US Army M6 Linebacker in Iraq in 2005. US Army
Bae Systems, the current Prime contractor for the Bradley, has previously proposed a modernized short-range Air defense (Shorad) variant with a four-round Stinger-Launcher or one that could be loaded with a maximum of two radar-led AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire rackets. More recently, the company went a shorad variant of the armored multifunctional vehicle (AMPV), which is derived from the Bradley.
A Bradley in a notional configuration for a short distance Air Defense (Shorad). Note the launcher of two rails for AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles on the right. Joseph Trevithick
A Shorad version of the AMPV derived from Bradley. Bae systems A prototype of a variant of the AMPV-purified vehicle with the same tower as the Stryker M-Shorad vehicle. Bae systems
Whatever the mysterious 670, it emphasizes the potential for Bradley's Tow Launcher to evolve into a more multi-mission system in the future.
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