M113 armored personnel carrier/Related Articles: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Howard C. Berkowitz |
imported>Howard C. Berkowitz m (M113 (armored personnel carrier)/Related Articles moved to M113 armored personnel carrier/Related Articles: Deliberately not deleting old definition so as not to break R-templates; will delete old metadata) |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
===Core versions=== | |||
{{r|M113A1}} | |||
{{r|M113A2}} | |||
{{r|M113A3}} | |||
===Derivatives=== | |||
{{r|M125 mortar carrier}} | |||
{{r|M548 cargo carrier}} | |||
{{r|M577 command vehicle}} | |||
{{r|M901A3 improved TOW vehicle}} | |||
{{r|M981 fire support team vehicle}} | |||
{{r|M1059}} | |||
{{r|M1064 mortar carrier}} | |||
{{r|M1068}} Standard Integrated Command Post Vehicle | |||
===Vietnam War=== | |||
{{r|Battle of Ap Bac}} | {{r|Battle of Ap Bac}} | ||
{{r|Ly Tong Ba||**}} | {{r|Ly Tong Ba||**}} | ||
{{r|Vietnam War | {{r|Vietnam War ground technology}} | ||
==Other related topics== | ==Other related topics== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:44, 9 August 2010
- See also changes related to M113 armored personnel carrier, or pages that link to M113 armored personnel carrier or to this page or whose text contains "M113 armored personnel carrier".
Parent topics
Subtopics
Core versions
- M113A1 [r]: 1964 modification of the basic M113 armored personnel carrier, replacing the gasoline engine with a safer and more powerful diesel engine [e]
- M113A2 [r]: 1979 set of cooling and suspension improvements to the M113 armored personnel carrier, and the advent of derivatives based either on an armored (e.g., (M125A1 mortar carrier and M741 "Vulcan" air defense vehicle) or unarmored (e.g., M548 cargo carrier and M667 MGM-52 Lance missile carrier, and M730 Chaparral missile carrier) M113 chassis [e]
- M113A3 [r]: Targeted for 2006, a family of Reliability Improvements for Selected Equipment (RISE) enhancements to the M113 armored personnel carrier family of vehicles, upgrading the engine and transmission, steering and brakes, fuel tanks, electrical power, and improved protection including spall liners and provisions for mounting external armor [e]
Derivatives
- M125 mortar carrier [r]: U.S. developed 81mm mortar carrier in an M113 armored personnel carrier chassis [e]
- M548 cargo carrier [r]: U.S. Army full-tracked cargo carrier based on the unarmored chassis of a M113 armored personnel carrier; used for general transport in rough terrain, as a mechanized minelayer using the VOLCANO minelaying set [e]
- M577 command vehicle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- M901A3 improved TOW vehicle [r]: Mechanically based on the M113 armored personnel carrier, a lightly armored combat vehicle for firing BGM-71 TOW heavy antitank missiles [e]
- M981 fire support team vehicle [r]: (FIST-V) Vehicle, based on the M113 armored personnel carrier, for carrying forward observers and forward air controllers [e]
- M1059 [r]: Visually obscuring smoke generator vehicle based on the M113 armored personnel carrier [e]
- M1064 mortar carrier [r]: U.S. Army and widely exported mortar carrier, 120mm in the most recent versions, built on the chassis of a M113 armored personnel carrier [e]
- M1068 [r]: Add brief definition or description Standard Integrated Command Post Vehicle
Vietnam War
- Battle of Ap Bac [r]: Fought on January 2, 1963, a small but politically significant battle of the Vietnam War, won by the Viet Cong against Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) troops with United States Army advisors. It was significant in that the command failures were publicized to the press by John Paul Vann; denials by U.S. senior commanders started the pattern of aggressive investigative journalism [e]
- Ly Tong Ba [r]: Army of the Republic of Viet Nam officer, who rose on merit from captain to brigadier general of armored forces; spent 12 years in Communist captivity before emigrating to the U.S. [e]
- Vietnam War ground technology [r]: Military technology in support of ground operations, including helicopters and air assault, either associated with or introduced in Vietnam, between 1962 and 1975 [e]
- Future Combat Systems [r]: An cancelled development program,including a variety of military systems, including armored fighting vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, artillery, precision guided munitions and unmanned aerial vehicles; was an evolutionary step in the restructuring of the United States Army and tailored to the brigade combat team organizational structure but will continue partially in the Brigade Combat Team Modernization [e]
- Infantry fighting vehicle [r]: A vehicle intended to carry infantry onto a battlefield, sometimes allowing them to fight from inside and always to dismount and fight on foot; it accompanies dismounts and provides heavier fire support than they can carry [e]
- M2 Bradley (armored fighting vehicle) [r]: A family of armored fighting vehicles, with roles including infantry fighting vehicle, scouting, forward observer, and other functions in a platform sufficiently survivable to accompany the M1 Abrams tank, although needing more protection [e]
- M1126 infantry carrier vehicle [r]: Light, wheeled armored personnel carrier of the U.S. Army's Stryker family [e]