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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.
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 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.
The Dutch version of the M113 C&R has the driver seated to the front-left of the hull, the radio operator armed with a pintle mounted FN MAG machine gun seated to the front-right of the hull, and a vehicle commander armed with a cupola mounted M2HB.50-calibre machine gun in the centre of the hull. [3]
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 ...
The M577 command post carrier, also known as the M577 command post vehicle or armored command post vehicle, is a variant of the M113 armored personnel carrier that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation to function on the battlefield as a mobile command post i.e. a tactical operations centre, usually at the battalion level.
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. References
The vehicle has a welded steel hull, ranging in thickness from 0.375 inches (0.95 cm) on the top to 1 inch (2.49 cm) thick on the belly, with the median thickness being 0.625 inches (1.59 cm). It retained the rather slab sided appearance and blunt nose of its predecessor.