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One notable ARVN unit equipped with the M113 APC, the 3d Armored Cavalry Squadron, earned the Presidential Unit Citation. [29] [30] Additional M113s were supplied to the Cambodian Khmer National Armed Forces, equipped with a turret for the machine gun and a M40 recoilless rifle mounted on the roof. The ARVN also used M113 armored personnel ...
M113A1 ARV(L) – A armoured recovery vehicle variant of the A1 series fitted with a 20,000 kg Pacific Car and Foundry Company model P30 Planetary Winch and an integrated Star Machine and Tool Company bearing mounted model 300-S crane for recovering M113s or other vehicles of up to 11,340 kg in the field. It was also fitted with ground spades ...
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. An initial pair of M113s was purchased for trials purposes in 1962.
The Australian Army evaluated two pre-production FV432s during 1962 and 1963, but decided to purchase M113 armoured personnel carriers instead. The trials undertaken in Queensland demonstrated that the M113's performance was superior to that of the FV432. [3] A number of surplus vehicles were sold to the Indian Army after being withdrawn from ...
The M113 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) was an Australian variant of the United States M113 armoured personnel carrier fitted with the turret from Alvis Saladin armoured cars. The FSV was introduced into Australian Army units in the mid-1960s following the withdrawal of the Saladins and was armed with a 76mm gun, a .30 calibre coaxial machine gun ...
M106 mortar carrier; M107 self-propelled gun; M108 howitzer; M109 howitzer; M110 howitzer; M113 armored personnel carrier; M548; M114 armored fighting vehicle; M116 Husky; M132 armored flamethrower; M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck; M163 VADS; M551 Sheridan; M578 light recovery vehicle; M656; M728 combat engineer vehicle; MAZ-7310; MIM-72 ...
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.
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 ...