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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 ...
This became known in Israel as the "APC disaster". The vulnerability of the M113 armored personnel carrier to IEDs and RPGs led the IDF to later begin to develop the Namer APC. [33] M113s were used again in the 2006 Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead. Column of Israeli M113s approaching Gaza, during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.
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 ...
During the Vietnam War the U.S. Army introduced the M113 medevac vehicle to function as an armored ambulance for the treatment and evacuation of wounded personnel from the battlefield. Based upon the standard version of an M113, the seats in rear of the vehicle that were normally used by troops were replaced with two or four litters along ...
The following is a (partial) listing of vehicle model numbers or M-numbers assigned by the United States Army. Some of these designations are also used by other agencies, services, and nationalities, although these various end users usually assign their own nomenclature.
The CM-21 is a Taiwanese armored vehicle designed and manufactured by the Republic of China Armored Vehicle Development Center, based on the American M113 APC. [1] The first prototype was manufactured in 1979, and the CM-21 officially entered service in 1982 and remains in use today, with over 1,000 units manufactured and a number of different ...
Germany delivered 140 engines for this vehicles, but actual number of AFVs produced is unknown. Production and operational model revealed in June 2019. More on order to replace M113 APC. [6] Bionix II: Infantry fighting vehicle Singapore: 800 [7] Variants include Bionix 40/50, Bionix 25. [8] Armoured personnel carriers Terrex AV-81: Armoured ...
In April 1993 a civilian stole a M113 from an Army facility in Perth, and rampaged through the city for two hours. The APC was used to damage the city's police headquarters, a police station, at least eight police cars and the Central Law Courts before the civilian was arrested by the Tactical Response Group. [142]