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An Australian M113A1 being loaded onto a United States Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules in South Vietnam during 1965. The trials demonstrated that the M113 was much better suited to the Army's requirements than the FV432, and accordingly the M113 was selected.
The 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (1 APC Sqn) was an armoured unit of the Australian Army raised for service during the Vietnam War.Raised in 1965, the unit was deployed to South Vietnam in May 1966 to join the 1st Australian Task Force.
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation. The M113 was sent to United States Army Europe in 1961 to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 APCs.
The Portuguese Army operates 190 (of 255 delivered) in the A1 and A2 variants of the basic M113 armored personnel carrier (M113 A1/2 M/76 a 90, [76] or simply M113). Besides the M113 APC, the Portuguese Army operates 107mm mortar carriers, 81mm mortar carriers, self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems, TOW anti-tank guided missile tank ...
This article covers the most numerous type of tracked armoured vehicle to have been operated by the Australian Army, with more than 800 being delivered. The Army first acquired M113 armoured personnel carriers in 1964, and 200 of the type served successfully in the Vietnam War.
The 1991 Defence Force Structure Review identified the Australian Army's need for an Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV). [7] The 1994 White Paper stated that new land force vehicles would be acquired. [7] Project Bushranger (Land 116) was created to procure both protected and unprotected vehicles. [7] [8]
Project Waler was an unsuccessful Australian defence procurement project which sought to replace the Australian Army's M113 armoured personnel carriers with more capable armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs). It was initiated in 1980 and cancelled in 1985 without any vehicles being procured.
On the morning of 27 April, Hayes stole an Australian Army M113 APC (without ammunition) from Irwin Barracks. Some reports have alleged police abuse and harassment as the motive for his behaviour. [5] Hayes drove the APC through a fence and into the side of the Wembley police station at 4.40 am. He then rammed a police van and drove towards the ...