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The M113 was the first aluminum hull combat vehicle to be put into mass production. Much lighter than earlier similar vehicles, its aluminum armor was designed to be thick enough to protect the crew and passengers against small arms fire, but light enough that the vehicle was air transportable and moderately amphibious.
M113 CESV; SIDAM 25 – A self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 276 made by upgrading old M113 plus about 150 for 25 mm ammo supply. M113 with 120 mm mortar, a M113 version developed with a French 120 mm in the place of the 107 mm US mortar. Several hundreds made, 150 of them were exported to Libya in the 1980s.
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.
M35 tank, prime mover, turret removed, full-track, (M10A1 hull) M39 armored utility vehicle , full-track, converted M18 M41 Walker Bulldog tank, light, 23.5-ton, 76 mm gun
M113 Armoured Recovery Vehicle Light (ARVL): This variant was used to recover other vehicles from the field. [39] M577A1 Armoured Command Vehicle (ACV): This variant had a raised rear hull to accommodate working spaces for headquarters staff. [40] The working space could be extended by erecting a canvas tent which was attached to the hull.
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In the 1980s, the M2 Bradley replaced the M113 in the front-line transport role, moving it to rear-area roles. In the Iraq War, urban warfare tactics still defeated the M113, leading it to be almost entirely replaced in active service by Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. MRAPs were useful on the roads of Iraq, but have less ...
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