M113TRACKED ARMOURED VEHICLE SERIES |
In January 1956 ATAC initiated a programme to design and build a lightweight armoured personnel carrier for the US Army to replace the M59 and M75
tracked apc's. It had to be amphibious and capable of air-drop operations with a good cross-country performance, and also be adaptable to other
purposes. Within 90 days after the preliminary drawings had been completed, ATAC had a test bed built and running. It was powered by an Ordnance
air-cooled engine, with rolled aluminium plate armour for the hull. Being a lot lighter than steel, for aluminium to gain comparable ballistic qualities it had
to be produced 3 times thicker than it's steel equivalent. This however, was a small price to pay as aluminium is much stiffer than steel and structural
supports could be eliminated, thus increasing the internal volume. This in turn reduced the overall weight and height of the vehicle, and also significantly
cut down on the construction and welding times during manufacture. After extensive tests by ATAC and a number of problems had been solved, the
project was put out to tender in June 1956.
In September 1956, FMC Corp was announced as the winner and contracted to build the new APC. Five prototypes, designated T113, were built using aluminium armour and powered by Continental air-cooled engines. A further five prototypes, designated T117, were also built using steel armour and driven by a Packard water-cooled engine. By 1957 ATAC had received one of each of both types of hull. During testing of the T117 the Packard engine proved to be unsatisfactory and was replaced by the Ford 368UC engine. However even this engine was found to overheat and required an increase in engine compartment space to help it cool. As well as the problems faced with the Packard and Ford engines on the T117, the Continental air-cooled engine was also giving problems on the T113. By late 1957 FMC had developed two new prototypes, these were designated T113E1 and T113E2. Both types were termed "austerity" vehicles as they were designed to keep costs down to a bare minimum. With this line of thought in mind it was decided to adopt cheaper commercially available powerplants and transmissions. This led to the Chrysler A710B petrol engine being chosen because of it's performance, good cooling characteristics, and the fact that it would be in production for a lot more years. The transmission adopted was the Allison TX-100, again, because it was in widescale production, and it had an excellent track record in the truck industry. Two different hulls were developed which looked identical, but differed only in their armour thickness and weight so that ATAC could determine, through ballistic and durability tests, which of the hulls to adopt. At the same time the tracks were widened from 12" to 15" to improve on the vehicles reliability and performance. After successful testing the T113E2, with the thicker hull, was chosen as the basis for the M113 APC. FMC received an initial contract to build 900 examples and the first production M113 rolled of the FMC assembly lines at San Jose, California in June. 1960. These first M113s were powered by a 209HP Chrysler 75M petrol engine but attempts were made to develop a gas-turbine version under the designation M113E1. In June 1959 FMC were awarded a contract to study the feasability of fitting a diesel engine in place of the petrol one. The test vehicle was known as the M113E2 and was standardised as the M113A1 in May 1963. By 1964 the M113A1 was in production fitted with a GM 215HP Diesel engine which gave it an improved performance over the earlier M113. The M113 had a crew of two, a commander and a driver, and could carry eleven passengers and their equipment. The driver sat on the front lhs of the vehicle and had a single piece hatch cover that opens to the rear with four M17 pericopes around the hatch and an M19 periscope in the hatch roof. The commander was situated centrally in the vehicle with a fully rotating cupola containing five M17 periscopes. The commander also acted as the gunner and operated the .50 calibre machine gun, this had an 360° field of fire with an elevation of +53° and a depression of -21°. The ammunition for the .50 calibre was stored in boxes behind the infantrymen's seats. While a hatch is provided in the roof of the troop compartment the normal means of entry and exit is the large hydraulically-operated ramp in the hull rear, which is provided with an integral door on the left side in case the ramp should fail to open. The cold rolled alloy hull of the M113 was made from Aluminium, Manganese and Magnesium. It's armour thickness varied from ¾" to a maximum thickness of 1 ¼". This thickness provided protection from small arms fire and shell fragments, but would not stop a round from a LAW nor withstand the blast from a land mine. The M113 was constructed as a watertight unit, with all hatches and doors fitted with rubber seals to make them watertight. The front of the vehicle was fitted with a hinged splash plate which helped to stabilize the vehicle during operations through water. In the amphibious role it was propelled by it's tracks and aided by the rubber track shroud on each side of the hull which gave the M113 a top speed of 3mph while swimming. |
AIFV [Low Profile Weapon M129] - 20mm cannon AIFV [Low Profile Weapon KBA] - 25mm cannon AIFV [Low Profile Weapon Rh 202] - 20mm cannon AIFV [Low Profile Weapon .50] - .50 calibre MG AIFV [Turreted 25mm Cannon] - Final development vehicle AIFV-B-25 - Belgian Army MICV version AIFV-B-50 - Belgian Army IFV version AIFV-B-ATK - Belgian Army Milan ATGM armed version AIFV-B-CP - Belgian Army command post version Arisgator - M113 modified for the seaborne landing role ARV(L) - Recovery variant of the M113 family used by Canada and Australia Atilgan - Turkish M113 fitted with stinger missile mount Battar - Fitted with twin recoilless rifles in an overhead mount CM-21 - Series of Taiwanese produced versions Composite Hull Project - Experimental hull construction EIFV aka Egyptian Infantry Fighting Vehicle Light - A hybrid vehicle utilising the two-man Bradley turret Elevated TOW System - Danish experimental TOW mounting FeurleitPanzer 63 - Swiss artillery fire control vehicle Fire Support Combat Vehicle - Modified M113 fitted with 105mm howitzer in casemate mount Fire Support Combat Vehicle [Graztl concept] - Original concept with 105mm mounted over lhs track G-5 - Israeli Army variant G-6 aka Zelda - Israeli Army variant G-7 aka Zelda II - Israeli Army variant Geniepanzer 63 - Swiss M113 with dozer blade Hovet - M163 in israeli Army service IAFV [Version 1] - 0.50 & 7.62mm machine-guns IAFV [Version 2] - 0.50 in remote control mount IAFV [Version 3] - 20mm in remote control mount IFVL aka Infantry Fighting Vehicle Light - light infantry fighting vehicle featuring a one-man turret K-200 aka KIFV - Series of Korean vehicles based on the AIFV Lynx - M113 C&R in Canadian service Luchs - M113 C&R in Netherlands service M106 - 4.2inch mortar portee M106A1 - 4.2inch mortar portee M106SP - Spanish Army mortar vehicle M106A1IT - M106A1 in Italian Army Service M113 M113 [7.62mm minigun] M113 [20mm HS820] M113 [25mm Upgrade] - M113 fitted with Delco turret [USA] M113 [A-Frame] - Vietnam field modification M113 [AN/TPS-25] M113 [AN/TPS-33] M113 [AN/MPQ4] - Fitted with AN/MPQ4 mortar locating radar M113 [AN/PPS-4] M113 [AN/PPS-5] M113 [Armoured Assault Vehicle] M113 [Dart] - Dart ATGM system fitted M113 [Dozer] - Fitted with a dozer blade M113 [Fitters vehicle] aka M579 M113 [Fox] - Fitted with Fox turret M113 [Gas Turbine] - fitted with gas turbine engine M113 [Green Archer] M113 [Integrated Command Station] - aka Stoner Turret M113 [Knappich HS-30 turret] M113 [LCTS90 turret] M113 [Rarden] - Fitted with Peake 30mm turret M113 [Rh10 turret] M113 [SS-11 variant 1] - Rear of hull built up M113 [SS-11 variant 2] - Right-centre rotating missile mount M113 [Waterjet Propulsion kit] M113 [XM175] - grenade launcher in pot-belly open turret M113 [ZU-23] - Lebanese modified fire support vehicle M113 ACAV M113 AVLB [1] - 33' span front-mounted bridge M113 AVLB [2] - 30' span rear-mounted scissors bridge M113 C&R - Series of smaller vehicles utilising M113 components M113 Grasshopper M113 Porcupine M113A - Australian armoured personnel carrier variant M113A [Milan] - Milan portee variant of the M113A M113A [Recoilless Rifle] - Rcoilless rifle portee version of the M113A M113A1 - New diesel engine M113A1 [Air Defence - Pakistan] - Fitted with a combined gun/missile-launcher mount M113A1 [Ambulance - Denmark] M113A1 [Blazer] - Fitted with General Electric's Blazer air-defence turret M113A1 [Stretched] M113A1 [T50-NZ] - Ex-Australian Army M113A1LRVs modified for service in the Balkans M113A1 [TC-13] - Fitted with the Santa Barbara TC-13 turret M113A1-B - Belgium variant of M113A1 APC M113A1-B-AMB - Ambulance version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-ATK - Three hatch version of M113A1-B optimised for the anti-tank role M113A1-B-CP - Command Post version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-CRANE - Recovery/repair version fitted with HIAB crane M113A1-B-ENG - Engineer version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-GN - Engineer version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-GN-BULL - Bulldozer blade equipped engineer version M113A1-B-MOR - Carries 120mm mortar M113A1-B-MTC - Repair version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-REC - Recovery version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-MIL - Milan armed version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-SVB aka M113A1-B-SCB - Radar version of M113A1-B M113A1-B-TRG - Driver training version of M113A1-B-MIL M113A1-P1 - IFV version M113A1/Vulcan A M113A1/HS-820/665 Triple 20mm with partial shield M113A1B - FSV with Cockerill Mk IIM turret M113A1DK - Danish Army version of the M113A1 M113A1DK [Variant 1] - Uparmoured M113a1DK M113A1DK [Variant 2] - Modified for use in the Balkans M113A1G - M113A1 modified for use in the Bundeswehr M113A1G [Command] - M113A1G modified for the command role M113A1G PzM - 120mm mortar portee M113A1G BeoBPz - Artillery OP M113A1IT - M113A1 in Italian Army service M113A1IT [TOW Armed] - ATGM launcher equipped vehicle M113A1PO - Portugese army version M113A1 EVESV - Combat engineer version of M113A1 M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle - Saladin turret fitted M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle PI - Australian fire support version with scorpion turret fitted M113A1 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle - Australian reconnaissance version M113A1 Visimodbmp - M113A1 used in OPFOR role by US Army M113A2 - M113A1 with mainly mechanical improvements M113A2 [ADATS - Canada - Preproduction] - APU moved to glacis plate M113A2 [ADATS - Canada - Production] - Smoke grenade dischargers M113A2 [ADATS - Prototype] - Dual-purpose-missile launcher M113A2 [Ambulance] - Ambulance version M113A2 [Delco 25mm] - Fitted with turret from M1047/LAV M113A2 [Eureka] aka TUA - Canadian version fitted with Eureka atgm launcher M113A2 [HVMS] - Israeli 60mm gun armed fire support vehicle produced by IMI M113A2 [Kader] - Egyptian armour upgrade by Kader M113A2 [SM-4] - Fitted with 4 barrel 120mm salvo mortar M113A2 [Tactical Command Post] - Company-level command vehicle M113A2 [TS90] - FSV with Giat TS90 Turret M113A2 [M2 turret] - Fitted with turret from Bradley MICV M113A2 [RO120] - Fitted with Royal Ordnance 120mm mortar turret M113A2 Tactical Command Vehicle M113A2E1 - Extended version of M113A2 M113A3 - Upgraded M113A2 with new engine M113AS3 - Australian upgrade to their M113A's M113E1 - GE gas turbine engine M113E2 - Diesel engine M113G - Original version in use with Bundeswehr M113G [Hot] - HOT armed tank destroyer variant M113G [Rasit] - Bundeswehr Rasit radar M113G Beobachtungspanzer - Forward observation officers vehicle M113G Radarpanzer - fitted with 'Green Archer' mortar locating radar M113G1 KRKW GEP - Ambulance version M113G2 KRKW GEP - Ambulance version M116 - Steel version of M113 M116 [Davy Crocket] M125 - 81mm mortar portee M125A1 - Improved M125 M132 - Flamethrower variant M132A1 - F/T variant on M113A1 M162 - aka M113A1/HS-820/665 M163 - 20mm vulcan armed SPAAG M543 - Recovery with 5t crane M548 - Cargo carrier M548 [AN/MPQ-4A] - Radar version M548 [Skyguard] - Radar version M548 [SLUFAE] - Mine clearing system based on M548 chassis M548 [Welder] - Vietnam modification M548A3 - Tracked armoured load carrier M577 [Command] - Initial production versionwith a prominent weld line M577A1 - Improved M577 with one-piece sides and diesel engine M577A1 [Ambulance] M577A2 - Tracked armoured command vehicle M577A3 M577A4 - MTVL Based Command Post Vehicle M579 Fitters/recovery version M667 - Lance Launcher/transporter M730 aka Chapparel - Bubble type canopy on fire unit M730A1 - Flat canopy on fire unit M730A2 - Vision device on lhs launcher arms M732 - 20mm vulcan armed SPAAG M741 - Base vehicle for M163 M806A1 - Winch equipped recovery vehicle M901 aka ITV - ATGM variant M901A1 - Improved ITV vehicle M981 aka FISTV - Artillery OP M1059 - Smoke generating vehicle M1064 - 120mm mortar portee M1068 - Command post version Machbet - Modified M163 with missile launcher in Israeli Army service Minenwerferpanzer 64 aka Mv.Pz.64 - Swiss M106 fitted with local 120mm mortar MTVC - Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light, Cargo Carrier MTVE - Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light, Engineer MTVF - Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light, Fitters Vehicle MTVR - Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light, Recovery Vehicle MTVL - Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light MTVL Hybrid-Electric Track Technology Demonstrator MTVL-UC aka XM1108, Universal carrier - MTVL Based Universal Carrier Nile 23 [Gun] - Modified air defence version gun system for Egyptian Armed Forces requirement Nile 23 [Tracker] - Modified air defence version tracker system for Egyptian Armed Forces requirement NM 113 - Basic M113 in Norwegian Army service NM 125 - Mortar Portee version of the NM-113 NM135 - Norwegian MICV fitted with Hagglunds 20mm turret NM 142 aka Rakettpanserjager - NM113 fitted with the Kvĉrner Eureka TUA turret PaNsret MaskinKanon aka PNMK - Danish fire support vehicle PaNsret MaskinKanon M/92 - Upamoured PNMK Ruag LMCT - light mine clearing tank SAM-D Launcher - Rear-mounted six rocket projector on M548 SAM-D Radar - Rear mounted radar on M548 Schutzenpanzer 63 - Swiss version of M113 Schutzenpanzer 63/73 - Swiss M113 fitted with Pbv.302 turret Schutzenpanzer 63/89 - Uparmoured Schutzenpanzer 63/73 Schutzenpanzer Kommando 63 - Swiss M113 fitted for command Schutzenpanzer Kommando 63/73 - Swiss command variant of SPz.67/73 Schutzenpanzer Kommando 63/89 - Uparmoured Schutzenpanzer Kdo Spz 63 Schutzenpanzer Kran 63 aka Kranpanzer 63 - Swiss Fitter's vehicle Sher - Modified Pakistani variant Sidam - Italian air-defence version armed with 4x25mm cannon Sinai 23 - Modified air defence version for Egyptian Armed Forces requirement Skorpion - M548GA1 fitted with mine laying device T113 - Prototype with 4 roadwheels and trailing idler T113E1 - Prototype with trailing idler removed T113E2 - Final prototype for M113 T116 - Cargo carrier prototype T117 - Steel version of aluminium T113 T149 - M113 with rear mounted SS-11 T195 - 105mm howitzer carriage T195 [Modified] - Missile projector T195E1 - Diesel engined version T196 - T195 with 155mmm howitzer T249 aka Vigilante B - Air defence vehicle with vulcan gun in large turret T257 - Prototype for M125 mortar carrier T257E1 - Prototype for M125 mortar carrier T257E1 [AN/MPS30] - Ground surveillance radar T257E2 - Diesel engined prototype for M125A1 mortar carrier TIFV - Turkish Infantry Fighting Vehicle TIFV [AAPC] - 12.7mm machine gun turret TIFV [81mm Mortar] TIFV [120mm Mortar TIFV [TOW] - aTGM launcher Ubermittlungspanzer 63 - Swiss radio vehicle Ultra - SAF adaption of the M113 to an IFV VCC-1 aka Camillino - Italian infantry fighting vehicle based on modified M113A1 hull VCC-1 [Saudi Arabia] VCC-2 - Italian infantry fighting vehicle based on standard M113A1 hull VCC-80 - Italian MICV based on M113A1 components XK10 - Resupply vehicle based on an extended version of the K200A1 chassis XM166 - M42 mount on M548 chassis XM233E1 - Fitted with TOW atgw system XM474 - Hybrid radar carrier XM474E1 - PERSHING missile carrier XM474E2 - PERSHING warhead carrier XM501 - HAWK loader/transporter XM501E1 - HAWK loader/transporter XM501E2 - HAWK loader/transporter XM501E3 - HAWK loader/transporter XM546 Mauler - Air defence missile system XM546E1 Mauler XM548 - Unarmored cargo carrier XM548 [AA] - Twin HS820 mount XM548 [Ammunition Carrier] - Fitted with hoist XM548 [Recovery Vehicle] XM548E1 - Unarmoured cargo carrier XM577 - Prototype command post XM577A1 - Diesel engined CP prototype XM579 - Fitters vehicle XM667 - LANCE launcher/transporter prototype XM667E1 - Amphibious prototype XM688 - LANCE loader/transporter prototype XM688E1 - LANCE Loader/transporter prototype XM696 - Light armoured recovery vehicle XM727 - HAWK missile launcher XM729 - LACIC vehicle XM729E1 - RACI vehicle XM733 - RACI vehicle XM733E1 - RACI vehicle with gunners cupola XM734 - M113A1 modified to MICV XM734 [Variant 1] - Firing ports on side modified and ACAV kit fitted XM734 [Variant 2] - Recessed firing ports fitted XM734E1 - FMC cupola turret fitted XM734E2 - Firing ports on side reduced to three XM741 - M548 with M163 gun system XM742 - ARV variant of XM803 XM743 - AVLB variant of XM803 XM745 - CEV variant of XM803 XM752 - Improved XM688 XM754 HAWK SPAAML XM765 - IFV prototype XM806 - Recovery version based on M113 XM806E1 - Recovery version based on M113A1 YPR-765 - Dutch series based on the AIFV Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Germany, Guatamala, Greece, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Italy, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Uruguay, Vietnam |
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