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M113

IOC: 1960
Also Known As: M113A1, M113A2, M113A3 and M113AS4 (Australian upgraded variant introduced in 2007)

Origin: United States of America

Contractor/s: United Defense

Description: M113 is an amphibious, air-transportable, full tracked family of light armored vehicles intended to perform a variety of battlefield missions. It includes more than 10 variants. M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) entered service in 1960, M113A1 in 1964, M113A2 in 1979 and M113A3 in 1987. The other variants of M113 family feature similar capabilities of A1, A2 or A3 configuration. More than 80,000 M113 vehicles have been produced of which 70,000 are M113 models.

M113 vehicles have been sold to more than 50 countries worldwide and is being produced under license in allied nations such as Turkey and the Netherlands. M113 have seen combat in Vietnam, North of Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia. It was deployed during the Gulf War (1990-1991) and during operation Iraqi Freedom (2003). The US Army utilizes M113A2 and A3 models and is expected to standardize to the A3 configuration before the arrival of its replacement, the Future Combat Systems (FCS) family of manned and unmanned ground vehicles, by 2010-1014 timeframe.

M113, M113A1, M113A2 and M113A3 are armored vehicles intended to transport 11 fully equipped infantrymen well protected under armor to the front line of the battlefield. M113s can be equipped with a roof-mounted 12.7mm gun and two 7.62mm machine guns.

Parent system is the M113
Total Production: 80,000
Other Family Members: M1059, M106, M1064, M1068, M125, M548, M577, M58, M730, M901 and M981

Transactions: There are 89 transactions involving 9,790 items for M113 from 1992 to 2011 and 66 transactions involving 8,952 items for the M113 view report

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:: Specifications ::


Crew: 2
Troops: 11

Dimensions
Height: 2.20 meter (87 inch)
Length: 4.86 meter (191 inch)
Width: 2.70 meter (106 inch)

Performance
Max Range: 483 kilometer (300 mile)

Power
Power: 275 shp

Speed
Top Speed: 18.4 mps (66 kph)

Weight
Combat Weight: 14,000 kilogram (30,864 pound)

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  Argentina ?   Australia ?
  Bahrain ?   Belgium ?
  Canada ?   Chile ?
  Denmark ?   Egypt ?
  Germany ?   Greece ?
  Iraq 440   Israel ?
  Italy ?   Jordan ?
  Kuwait ?   Lebanon ?
  Lithuania ?   Malaysia ?
  Netherlands ?   New Zealand ?
  Norway ?   Peru ?
  Portugal ?   Saudi Arabia ?
  Spain ?   Switzerland ?
  Thailand ?   Turkey ?
  United Arab Emirates ?   United States of America ?
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Last Updated:
Saturday, February 2, 2013
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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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