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	M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier
		The M113 APC was the first modern "battle taxi"; developed to transport infantry forces on the mechanized battlefield.
		The M113 is built of aircraft quality aluminum which allows it to possess some of the same strengths as steel at a much lighter weight.
		As with all M113 variants,it is roll-on/roll-off transportable on a C130.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/m113.htm (2346 words)

	US ARMY M-113 APC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) with TOW anti-armor missile mounted.
		M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment during scout training at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland in 1965.
		M113 tracks of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam.
	www.olive-drab.com /idphoto/id_photos_m113.php (420 words)

	Armoured personnel carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The M113, one of the most common tracked APCs, on duty during the Vietnam War.
		Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are light armoured fighting vehicles for the transport of infantry.
		Most armoured personnel carriers use a diesel engine comparable to that used in a large truck or in a typical city bus (APCs are often known to troops as 'Battle Taxis' or 'Battle Buses').
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier (681 words)

	M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
		The M113 tracked armored personnel carrier was developed in the USA and is currently in service with a number of countries.
		The M113 was extensively used during the war in Vietnam, where it was dubbed as a "Battle Taxi" carrying troops to the battlefield.
		During it's service life the M113 was retrofitted with a makeshift shields for the machine gun, as the gunner was exposed to enemy fire.
	www.enemyforces.com /apc/m113.htm (357 words)

	M113 Armored Personnel Carrier information - Search.com
		The M113 is an armored personnel carrier family of vehicles in use with the US military and many other nations.
		The M113 was first introduced in 1960, developed from the M59 and M75 which were designed by Ford Motor Company and Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Co. in the late 1950s.
		The damage caused to aluminium armor combined with the fire from the ammunition and fuel makes dramatic wreckage, but the M-113 armor is reasonably effective and far better than that on the unarmored HMMWV (Hummer).
	www.search.com /reference/M-113 (1045 words)

	M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
		Provide a highly mobile, survivable, and reliable tracked-vehicle platform that is able to keep pace with Abrams- and Bradley-equipped units and that is adaptable to a wide range of current and future battlefield tasks through the integration of specialized mission modules at minimum operational and support cost.
		After more than four decades, the M113 family of vehicles (FOV) is still in service in the U.S. Army (and in many foreign Armies).
		Today?s M113 fleet includes a mix of these A2 variants together with other derivatives equipped with the most recent A3 RISE (Reliability Improvements for Selected Equipment) package.
	tech.military.com /equipment/view/88730/m113-armored-personnel-carrier.html (367 words)

	Equipment Matchups: Armored Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Type 90 is the newest armored infantry fighting vehicle in the PLA inventory.
		The M113 is a battle-tested transport used and imitated by many countries, and is serving in large numbers in the ROCA, performing many duties.
		It is a the vehicle of choice as a mortar firing platform and as an armored ambulance.
	www.emeraldesigns.com /matchup/infantry.htm (507 words)

	Panzermuseum.com - M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The M113A1G mortar carrier is based on the ubiquitous M113 armored personnel carrier.
		The M113 has a box-shaped aluminum hull that is full enclosed in the armored personnel carrier version.
		The Bundeswehr is a major user of the M113, with roughly 4,000 vehicles of various types in service (although many are being replaced by the Marder series of Infantry Fighting Vehicles).
	www.panzermuseum.com /m113-armored-vehicle.html (222 words)

	Tank destroyer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This was used by both forces to keep older designs competitive in the rapidly up-armoring of all AFV's that took place during the war.
		The m113 is an armored personnel carrier family....
		Part of the anti-tank vehicle's tactical role is filled in some armies by the infantry fighting vehicle which can be thought of as an armored personnel carrier with much heavier armament, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tank_destroyer.htm (2007 words)

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		Originally a troop carrier, the Huey got the job because it was smaller and more flexible and could unload troops faster, so the Chinook was used mainly to haul cargo, and it succeeded over the unusual CH-64 Skycrane, which required an external pod for internal storage.
		A development of the M113 towards turning it into a personell carrier that was also a full-fledged figthing vehicle with enough armour to ward off small cannon, and enough firepower to take out tanks, and sophisticated vision systems which worked even in oil fire smoke.
		Except for the mounting provisions the external armor applique was not incorporated for production The increase in horsepower also allows installation of an external armor kit (which increases the gross vehicle weight to 31,000 pounds) and provides mobility comparable to currently fielded vehicles such as the M1 tank and M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
	www.arthurhu.com /index/militry.htm (12526 words)

	M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
		The M113 is a lightly armored personnel carrier that provides good mobility combined with fair firepower and protection.
		The M113-series carriers are air transportable aboard C-5, C-17, C-130, and C-141 USAF cargo aircraft.
		A rapid procurement initiative was approved in December 2004 for the installation of 734 M113 armor suites for M113A3, M577A3, M1068A3, and M1064A3 vehicles.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/cv/inf/M113.html (1225 words)

	Panzermuseum.com - Infantry Combat Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		One of the core concepts the Panzer Division was for an armored personnel carrier that could provide the divis...
		The Universal Carrier (also known as the Bren Gun carrier) was a British light armored personnel carrier devel...
		The BTR-60P, introduced in 1961, was the standard armored personnel carrier for Soviet motorized rifle troops.
	www.panzermuseum.com /home/edition/infantry-combat-vehicles.html (253 words)

	Military Vehicles For Sale
		His book examines the planning, acquisition, and employment of tanks, amphibian tractors, and armored cars and explores the ideas that led to the fielding of these weapons systems along with the doctrines and tactics intended for them, and their actual use in combat.
		This is the seventh installment in the WARMACHINES series, covering details of the M998 "HUMMER" Cargo/Troop Carrier, the M1025 and M1026 Armored Armament Carrier, the M966 Armored TOW Carrier, the M996 2 Litter Armored Ambulance, the M997 4-Litter Armored Ambulance, the M1037 Shelter Carrier, and the M998 "STINGER" Carrier.
		Carrying on the Verlinden tradition of presenting high quality color detail photographs, this book takes a close look at the details of the M163 Vulcan Air defense Artillery Gun, the M901 Hammerhead Improved TOW Vehicle, and the M48 Chaparral Improved Air Defense Guided Missile System.
	www.fortliberty.org /military-equipment/military-vehicles.shtml (2681 words)

	Armored Personnel Carriers (APC)s of the World Listing
		The following is a listing of the modern armored personnel carriers that can be found on today's battlefields.
		The parameters of this listing simply require that the APC be of "Armored Personnel Carrier" designation (abbreviated as APC) and have gone into production no earlier than 1960.
		MilitaryFactory.com is a reference website delivering information on military aircraft, tanks, armor, artillery, guns, small arms, battlefield munitions, battles, generals, politicians, special forces and more through informative text and (in most cases) full-color photographs.
	www.militaryfactory.com /armor/armored_personnel_carriers.asp (138 words)

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