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U.S. Army soldiers dismount from an M113 during a mechanized infantry training exercise in September 1985. The M113 was developed to provide a survivable and reliable light tracked vehicle able to be air-lifted and air-dropped by C-130 and C-141 transport planes. The original concept was that the vehicle would be used solely for transportation ...
Some Australian AFVs have the suffix "AS" (the NATO code for Australia), often appended by a model number. Generally speaking, Australian models are modified from the original models, in the case of the M113A1 series this included the AN/VIC-1 communications harness, large dust filters for the passenger compartment ventilation blower, heavy steel track manufactured by ADI, provision for 600 kg ...
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is a U.S. Army program to replace the M113 armored personnel carrier and family of vehicles. [1] AMPV is a sub-project of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program. In 2014, the U.S. Army selected BAE Systems' proposal of a turretless variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to replace over 2,800 M113s ...
It competed with the M114 but the US Army chose the M114 for production. The design was then offered to foreign buyers and gained the name Lynx Reconnaissance Vehicle when purchased by Canada and M113 C&V when purchased by the Netherlands. [2] [3] The M113½ C&R was based on the M113, including its aluminum armor and many details of its ...
The M901 is similar to the NM142 used by the Norwegian Army and the ZT3 Ratel IFV variant used by South African National Defence Force. The YPR-765 PRAT uses the same turret as the M901 but on the hull of the AIFV, an improved M113. The M1134, based on the Stryker, is the current armored tank destroyer of the U.S.
The AMEV utilises a high-mobility stretched M113A4 chassis as used by the Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL), with the standard M113 hull lengthened 34 inches and equipped with an additional road wheel (for a total of six on each side), to give the AMEV excellent cross-country capability and ride characteristics.
Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014; TM 9-500 Data Sheets for Ordnance Type Material (PDF). US Dept. of the Army. 1962; TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. US Dept. of the Army. 1943
The U.S. Army issued a request for proposals for the armored reconnaissance scout vehicle as a replacement for the M114 in October 1971. [1] Six companies responded: Chrysler , FMC Corporation and Teledyne Continental (with a variant of the Scorpion ) submitted tracked designs while CONDEC, Ford and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company submitted ...