The armored carrier was developed in 1963. Produced commercially since 1964, was in service with the US Army. Used in battles in South Vietnam.
American armored personnel carrier M113 ACAV, tank museum, Kubinka, photo of 2007, archives.
Performance characteristics
Weight – 10.4 tons
The number of crew with troops – 13 people
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 4800 x 2686 x 2468 mm.
Armament:
machine gun – 2 pcs.,
caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 2000 rounds
machine gun – 1 pc., caliber – 12.7 mm.
ammunition, ammunition .. 2000
Armor protection – 43 mm.
Engine power – 215 horsepower
Maximum speed – 64 km / h
Cruising on the highway -500 km.
The speed of overcoming water obstacles afloat – 5.6 km / h
Design features
Base – armored carrier M113.
The overall layout is classic.
Armament – a large-caliber machine gun is mounted in a rotating turret, there are pins on each side of a rectangular landing hatch for mounting machine guns.
Protection – housing is welded, sealed, made of aluminum alloy; the upper and lower front sheets are set obliquely, the rest – vertically.
Chassis – carburetor engine, automobile type “Chrysler”, V-shaped, eight-cylinder, liquid cooling; hydromechanical transmission “Allison” with differential type turning mechanism; torsion bar suspension.