M113 - the most massive American armored personnel carrier

The most massive American armored personnel carrier M113 has been produced since 1960 and was widely used during the Vietnam War. Over the entire period of production, about 85 thousand units of this military equipment were produced.

The crew of an armored personnel carrier of this type is two people, the landing compartment can accommodate 11 military personnel. The M113 armored personnel carrier is equipped with a 12,7 mm machine gun. The engine with a capacity of 215 horsepower allows you to reach speeds on the highway up to 65 km / h. The power reserve, however, does not exceed 320 km.

There are modifications both designed for field infantry units, and in the form of command and staff vehicles. Vehicles were also made with troop compartments converted to mortars, air defense systems and even flamethrowers.

Not produced since 2007, the M113 was in service with the Israeli army until 2014, until it showed its unsuitability for use in modern combat conditions.

However, these outdated armored personnel carriers should not be underestimated. In terms of security, such armored vehicles are superior to the BTR and BMP-2 in service with the Russian army, second only to the BMP-3. The thickness of the M113 armor is 38 mm, and in the upper part of the side - 44 mm, which allows you to effectively protect the landing force from any small arms. weapons, up to KPVT caliber 14,5 mm.

Currently, the US military command is actively getting rid of the M113, transferring them to other countries, including Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine actively used the M113 in the fall of 2022 during attacks in the Kharkiv region, however, after the front line was leveled and the Ukrainian army lost a large number of such vehicles, the massive use of the M113 for attacking operations was practically stopped.

Comments

[alexey sidykin]

It’s just superior to the armored personnel carrier ... and which armored personnel carrier you don’t mention out of principle. As well as the fact that the main body of the M 113 is aluminum ...

[karabas-barabas]

Aluminum, but thick enough, 12,7 in the side keeps like. At least more or less modern versions of the M113, like the Dutch one in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with thick armor in the muzzle and on the sides of the RPG, withstood hits without breaking through. There is a video where 2 RPGs or boots flew into the left side, the car got up, the landing party left the car and flew in again. But judging by the fact that the armored personnel carrier did not burn, there was no penetration.

[Foul skeptic]

12,7 on board keeps like. At least more or less modern versions of the M113, like the Dutch one in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with thick armor in the muzzle and on the sides of the RPG, withstood hits without breaking through. There is a video where 2 RPGs or boots flew into the left side, the car got up, the landing party left the car and flew in again. But judging by the fact that the armored personnel carrier did not burn, there was no penetration.

Oh, these tales, oh, these storytellers.

[Bad_gr]

Quote: karabas-barabas

Aluminum, but thick enough, 12,7 in the side keeps like.

The film talks about booking in sufficient detail. He holds a 12.7mm bullet only in the forehead. The board with the same caliber breaks through, as shown by Vietnam, where the M-113 was flashed from the DShK without problems.
PS
And who said there that no one rides armored personnel carriers in Western armored personnel carriers, only inside.

[cold wind]

It looks like everything is under the eyeballs both inside and out.

[ailcat]

M113 is exactly an armored personnel carrier, not an infantry fighting vehicle. The fact that it was actively used in Vietnam does not change the essence.
So his armor is peculiar to conveyors - circular from "Kalash" caliber 7,62 and only the "muzzle" is armored from KPVT (moreover, this is achieved due to the shield-wavebreaker, the body part itself - only from a much weaker bullet of caliber 12,7 ). Naturally, from longer distances, it will withstand a larger caliber, but in fact it is.
The latest modifications (they are clearly visible by the "inflated" sides and the wave-breaker shield) are indeed better armored - here they are, it is possible that they will withstand 12,7 on board. Only now there are only a few hundred of them out of 85 thousand ...

[Dzungar]

You are confused, or simply do not understand. No side of any armor even 44 mm thick, which I doubt, WILL SUSPEND A HIT FROM RPG. Breakthrough will be in any case

[Krilion]

tall, far to see .. that's good .. the dream of an rpgshnik ...

[Blackflag88]

"Barbecue" is superior to the armored personnel carrier, you can not read further.

[alexey_444]

Even dills turn up their noses at the democratic technology of the United States, it will not be better for Bradley. It would seem that this junk is only for scrap, it was possible not to give a few hundred but a couple of thousand, but they don’t want to make the next Papuans happy, they will take it in Central Asia.

[Dedok]

12,7 is not the limit, we have 14,5 more
and there - it must be - almost on the fly

[ailcat]

In the frontal projection behind the shield-wavebreaker, the KPVT should have been held. True, I can't tell you the distance.
And on the hull - yes, DShK in the forehead and AK-47 sides and stern.

[Reader 47]

It feels like reading an essay. Some schoolboy who was told to urgently do on the topic "The best armored personnel carrier in the world."

[Blackgrifon]

An old workhorse. Unfortunately, it is really better than the Soviet BTR-60/70, and in terms of ergonomics it is also better than the BTR-80. The superiority of the BMP is debatable. It can surpass a penny in a number of performance characteristics, all the more so there is a version of the M113 in the form of an infantry fighting vehicle, but it’s unlikely that it’s a deuce.
In general, to some extent, this is the American version of our motorcycle league. And it's really insanely massive.

[decimalegio]

As the saying goes: old weapons never die. And M113 is one of them.