In the U.S. Army, the M113 series have long been replaced as front-line combat vehicles by the M2 and M3 Bradleys, but large numbers are still used in support roles such as armored ambulance, mortar carrier, engineer vehicle, and command vehicle.

the M113 Family of Vehicles (FOV). It provides transportability guidance for safe shipping and receiving of the M113 FOV. It includes significant technical and physical characteristics of the vehi-cles as well as safety requirements for worldwide movement by various modes of transportation. Where appropriate, this manual provides metric

2021年6月29日 · The Iraqi Army received 1,026 M113A2 armoured personnel carriers from the US Army’s surplus defence articles. Executed under the US foreign military sales programme, the deal supports Iraq’s planned six-division armoured capability.

The armed forces of over forty nations, and several police departments in the United States, operate the M113 or its variants, making it one of the most widely used armored vehicles in history. Few vehicles in Army history can equal the legacy of the M113, and even after forty-seven years of service, the Army has no plans to retire the M113.

The M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War, earning the nickname 'Green Dragon' by the Viet Cong as it was used to break through heavy thickets in the midst of the jungle to attack and overrun enemy positions, but largely known as an APC and ACAV (armored cavalry assault vehicle) by the allied forces.

The M113A1, informally known as the Gavin, is a lightly armoured full tracked air transportable personnel carrier designed to carry personnel and certain types of cargo. The M113-family was developed from M59 and M75 by Ford and Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Co. in the late 1950´s.

2018年8月30日 · The M113 had had a remarkably short development time for an armored vehicle which was to form the mainstay of personnel carriage in the US Army. It had met the requirements for cost, simplicity and, most of all, weight.

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (FMC), which had produced the earlier M59 and M75 APC. The M113 bears a strong resemblance to both earlier vehicles. It was the first aluminum hull combat vehicle to be put into mass production.

2023年7月17日 · Development on the 13.5-ton tracked vehicle began in 1956 to help fulfill a U.S. Army requirement for an air-transportable Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). The vehicle would be compact enough to fit into the cargo hold of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport or similar.

The M113 is an armored personnel carrier of US origin. It was developed in the late 1950's as a replacement for the M75 and M59 armored personnel carriers. The M75 was well armored and expensive while the M59 was highly mobile but lack protection and reliability.