The M59 was an American armored personnel carrier that entered service in the spring of 1954 replacing the M75. It had three key advantages over the M75; it was amphibious , had a lower profile, and was considerably cheaper to produce.

The M59 APC was the third designed and second mass production model of the US Army. It was cheap but unreliable and replaced in the mid-1960s by the M113.

2016年6月23日 · The M59 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was developed to a US Army specification to replace the preceding short-lived M75 APC series of the Korean War (1950-1953).

The M59 was an American armored personnel carrier that entered service in the spring of 1954 replacing the M75. It had three key advantages over its predecessor: it was amphibious, had a lower profile, and was considerably cheaper to produce.

The FMC M59 and M59A1 were full-tracked, fully amphibious, armored personnel carriers designed to replace the M75. The M59 was designed as a lower-cost alternative to the M75 armored infantry...

2009年5月23日 · The M59 APC could carry a squad of ten infantry soldiers over land or through water. The vehicle's fully enclosed body protected the forces within from small arms fire. With the seats folded up, an Army jeep could drive right into the carrier compartment.

M59 ARMORED PERSONEL ARRIER U.S. Service: 1954 to 1980’s The M59 was designed to provide all around protection from small arms and shrapnel for the crew and cargo. It replaced the M75 Armored Personnel arrier of the Korean War with the advantages that it was amphibious, it had a lower profile, and it was cheaper to build.

Nowadays the M59 is obsolete and no longer in use. The M59 is an armored personnel carrier that was produced only in one version. It can be distinguished from the M113 by its horizontal bow, forward location for the M2HB cupola and single rear door. The M84 is a mortar carrier based on the M59.

2007年11月19日 · Another M59 APC at the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburgh, PA An M59 Armored Personnel Carrier at the Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt, NJ Length: 18 feet 5 inches

2024年8月31日 · The M59 was designed as a lower-cost alternative to the M75 armored infantry vehicle. The engines and transmissions of the M59 were in either sponson with the front of the engine facing to the rear of the vehicle, leaving the cargo and personnel area free.