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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #350 on: April 26, 2020, 06:10:08 PM »
Maybe add a bunch of M113s together to do an articulate$ road train style creation?

An M-113 based BV 206 type vehicle

Volkodav, speaking of M113 based BV 206 type vehicle.......

'Tests conducted during the 1970’s with coupled M113's. The vehicle could be controlled from either front or rear vehicle.
In 1973, two M113’s were modified and coupled together to form the M226 Cybernetically Coupled Research Vehicle (CCRV). That work showed, once more, great potential. Combined, the two vehicles exhibited greater mobility off-road than an individual vehicle, particularly when it came to obstacle crossing, and used a more controlled system for the coupling compared to the rather crude pin-attachment in the 1966 experiments. The two M113’s which were coupled forming the M226.'

Picture show the M113 CCRV [know as M226] project during snow trials in 1973.

(Source: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/category/coldwar-american-prototypes/)

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #351 on: April 26, 2020, 07:27:12 PM »
So what you need is a turreted track with auto cannon and ATGWs as the front section, mortar carrier as the centre and APC as the tail, one triple track per section replaces the mortar with an AA turret and another with a direct fire low pressure medium gun. So one four vehicle section has four autocannons, two mortars, an AD capability, a medium calibre gun and a full rifle platoon lift  8)

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #352 on: May 07, 2020, 06:45:10 PM »
FMC produced two 'lengthened' versions of the M113A1E1, which was referred to as the 'stretched M113A1'. This 'stretched M113A1' had a lengthens hull and a sixth road wheel added to each side.....
Does any one have information as to what year FMC produced this more capable  'stretched M113A1' variant of the M113???

I'm also curious as to the year that FMC produced the 'Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL) derivative of the M113???


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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #353 on: May 07, 2020, 08:35:37 PM »

Does any one have information as to what year FMC produced this more capable variant of the M113???
 


This site says October 1978 to May 1979.
http://russian-tanks.com/armored-personnel-carrier-m113a1e1.php

That'd be confirmed by the date of this publication.
https://www.amazon.com/Development-armored-personnel-carrier-M113A1E1/dp/B00072T4K8



I'm also curious as to the year that FMC produced the 'Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL) derivative of the M113???



Per this source, 1994 http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product313.html
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #354 on: May 08, 2020, 06:23:05 AM »
Thank you my dear Story

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #355 on: May 26, 2020, 04:21:02 AM »
Version with Hellfire missiles:


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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #356 on: July 11, 2020, 03:17:06 AM »
The interesting things you stumble across online:  Australian Dept of Defence M113 Cleaning instructions:  https://www.defence.gov.au/jcg/jlc/Documents/CleaningManual/13.pdf  Lots of interesting photos too of various ADF M113s for those of you wanting a different sort of reference.
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #357 on: July 11, 2020, 03:47:32 AM »
Does anyone know of a 1/35 Skyguard Aspide model kit or conversion?



I'm thinking such a system on a M113 hull would be cool - a bit like this SAM 2Q12 "Cube":

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #358 on: July 11, 2020, 03:57:09 AM »
Stinger missiles on M113:

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #359 on: July 13, 2020, 06:29:02 AM »
^ I think Turkish

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #360 on: July 14, 2020, 01:51:47 AM »
Yes it is.
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #361 on: July 14, 2020, 02:58:59 AM »
Its just a test vehicle but still, it looks cool and shows just what a modernised M113 might look like:

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #362 on: July 14, 2020, 05:56:07 AM »
It looks top heavy

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #363 on: July 19, 2020, 06:21:01 AM »
I'm wondering if that is a UGV?

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #364 on: July 19, 2020, 08:57:37 AM »
It is a technology demonstration vehicle which houses two soldiers, and has an unmanned turret. There are videos of this in operation somewhere on the net. It does look promising.

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #365 on: July 20, 2020, 02:01:14 AM »
It's a technology demonstrator under Israel's Carmel program.
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #366 on: July 22, 2020, 04:05:18 AM »
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #367 on: July 22, 2020, 09:46:28 AM »
Somebody tell those two guys that's not a good place to stand!

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #368 on: July 24, 2020, 06:47:19 PM »
Somebody tell those two guys that's not a good place to stand!

Maybe they're physically checking the BBDA 😂😂

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #369 on: July 26, 2020, 01:31:24 AM »
Vietnamese M113 fitted with Soviet weapons:

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #370 on: July 26, 2020, 01:48:14 AM »
There was at one time in the not too distant past images on-line of former RSVN M113s taken over by the new regime that were being used as farm vehicles/tractors to plow fields etc.  Swords into ploughshares in real life. 
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #371 on: July 26, 2020, 03:07:03 AM »
Random idea:  fit turret from FV433 Abbot SPG onto M113.
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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #372 on: July 26, 2020, 06:20:41 AM »
Random idea:  fit turret from FV433 Abbot SPG onto M113.

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #373 on: July 26, 2020, 09:50:18 AM »
You could also use the M474 Pershing missile carrier with the cut down hull as the basis for that turret, too.

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Re: M113 Family of Vehicles
« Reply #374 on: July 26, 2020, 11:43:30 AM »
I like it!  A much better platform than the bog-standard Ice Box APC  :smiley:

You could also use the M474 Pershing missile carrier with the cut down hull as the basis for that turret, too.

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