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M113


IOC: 1960
Total Production: 80,000


Also Known As
M113A1
M113A2
M113A3


Origin
United States of America


Contractor/s
United Defense

Family Members
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Guns & Missile Launchers:
Protector

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.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 2, Passengers 11

Dimensions: Height 2.2 m, Length 4.9 m, Width 2.7 m

Weights: Max Weight 14,000 kg (30,864 lb)

Performance: Max Range 483 km (261 nm), Top Speed 18 mps (36 kt)

Power: Power 275 shp

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Argentina

As of Holdings
2007 642
Australia

As of Holdings
2007 766 (750 M113A1 and 16 M113AS4 )
2006 607
Bahrain
Belgium

As of Holdings
2007 169
2006 180
Canada

As of Holdings
2006 602
Chile
Denmark

As of Holdings
2006 300 (M113 (162) M113G3 (73) M113G3L (65))
Egypt
Germany
Greece

As of Holdings
2006 1,750
Israel

Italy
Jordan
Kuwait

As of Holdings
2005 89
Lebanon
Lithuania

As of Holdings
2007 189
2006 361
Malaysia
Netherlands

As of Holdings
2007 102 (M-113 (25mm) C & V )
2006 102
New Zealand

As of Holdings
2006 22
Norway


Specific equipment Protector x1
Peru
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United States of America



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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m)   Kilometers (km)   Nautic Miles (nm)   Inch (in)   Yard (yd)   Foot (ft)   Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb)   Kilogram (kg)   kN (KiloNewton)   Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps)   Kilometers per Hour (kph)   Knot (kt)   Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l)   Galon (gl)
Year (yr)   Minutes (min)   Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)


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