M113 Armored Personnel Carrier | |
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United States Army M113A3 participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom | |
Type | Armored personnel carrier |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1960–present |
Production history | |
Number built | ~80,000 (all variants) |
Variants | Numerous, see text |
Specifications | |
Weight | 12.3 tonnes (13.6 ST; 12.1 LT) |
Length | 4.863 metres (15 ft 11.5 in) |
Width | 2.686 metres (8 ft 9.7 in) |
Height | 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) |
Crew | 2 |
Passengers | 11 passengers |
Armor | aluminum 12–38 millimetres (0.47–1.5 in) |
Primary armament | M2 Browning machine gun |
Secondary armament | varies (see text) |
Engine | Detroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine 275 hp (205 kW) |
Power/weight | 22.36 hp/tonne |
Suspension | torsion bar, 5 road wheels |
Operational range | ~480 km (~300 miles) |
Speed | 67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming |
Design
Armament
Armor
The 10.5-ton M113 is built of 5083 aircraft-quality aluminum alloy which gives it some of the same strength as steel at a slightly reduced weight, as the greater thickness allows structural stiffness.Mobility
Its weight allows the use of a relatively small engine to power the vehicle, a 6V53 Detroit 2-stroke six cylinder diesel, with an Allison tx100-1 3 speed automatic transmission, and allows the vehicle to carry a large payload cross-country and to be transported by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. The M113 can swim without deploying flotation curtains, powered in the water by its tracks.Operators
source 1:On lease for U.N. missions only.bangladesh army leased 10+ source 2:bangladesh army ha 267 in active service. |
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