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South Vietnam hasn’t existed for 51 years, but the M113 is still around. One of the most common armored vehicles in the U.S. Army today, at least one that isn’t a tank or infantry fighting ...
The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division received the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle ... marking the beginning of the end for M113 armored personnel carriers used since the ...
After a decade in development, the Army’s brand new armored personnel carrier has finally joined the service’s fleet of ground vehicles. The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry ...
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle ... Team Member Dies in Training Accident The AMPV is replacing the M113, a vehicle that has been a part of the Army's tracked corps for more than 60 years.
The M113 armored vehicles, originally developed in the mid-1950s, have been highly valued by Ukrainian forces. They are used to transport infantry units and provide close-range fire support.
The Armored Multiple-Purpose Vehicle will replace the M113 carrier, a workhorse introduced in the Vietnam War era. Under drawdowns of Pentagon stockpiles authorized by President Joe Biden ...
The Bradley Fighting Vehicle is one of those American-made ... The Bradley was intended as a replacement for the U.S. Army’s M113 armored personnel carrier, which had entered service in 1960.
the Vietnam-era M113 features tracks instead of wheels, leading observers to sometimes confuse them for tanks. Tracks allow heavy armored vehicles to traverse difficult terrain — such as ditches ...
One way to understand the Bradley is not in relation to tanks, which outclass it in firepower, but compared to the vehicle it was designed to replace. The M113 Armored Personnel Carriers ...
The Bradley can carry about half as many troops as a traditional armored personnel carrier — such as the M113 vehicles that the Pentagon has already sent to Ukraine — but has much better armor ...