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A huge number of M113 armored personnel carrier variants have been created, ranging from infantry carriers to nuclear missile carriers. The M113 armored personnel carrier has become one of the most prolific armored vehicles of the second half of the 20th century, and continues to serve with armies around the world in many roles.
An M113 ACAV in Vietnam, 1966 This American M113 has been equipped with hollow steel planking along the flanks in an attempt to improve protection against shaped charge weapons. The "armored cavalry assault vehicle" or "ACAV", was a concept and field modification pioneered by the ARVN in 1963 during the Vietnam War. [ 62 ]
M113s from the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron carrying soldiers of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam during 1966. The M113 armoured personnel carriers are American produced military vehicles that have operated in the Australian Army since 1964.
Fire extinguishing system as fitted to M113A2 Firefighting Vehicle. An M113A2 was modified to carry an Amerex Corporation fire suppression system, mounted on a removal skid to be located in the vehicle's rear cargo space, which could be fitted or removed by a forklift after minimal modifications to the vehicle.
The Egyptian Infantry Fighting Vehicle (EIFV), also known as Infantry Fighting Vehicle Light (IFVL), is an Egyptian modification of the M113. It is a hybrid, based on an enlarged M113 chassis equipped with the complete two-man power-operated turret of the M2 Bradley IFV. [1] [2] The EIFV never entered production for the Egyptian Army. [3]
Ambulance versions of the M113 have existed for nearly as long as the vehicle has been in production, and fielded by many different countries. 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.
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 NM135's primary modification from a standard M113 is the replacement of the commander's cupola with a one-man rotating and powered turret originally made by Hägglund and Söner for the Swedish Pansarbandvagn 302 (Pbv 302) APC. The 20mm Hispano-Suiza cannon on the Pbv 302 was replaced with a 20mm Rheinmetall cannon.