M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants
Overview
M113 armored personnel carrier
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier that has formed the backbone of the United States Army's mechanized infantry units from the time of its first fielding in Vietnam in April 1962. The M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S...
has become one of the most prolific armored vehicles of the second half of the 20th century, and continues to serve with armies around the world in many roles.
- XM45/E1: Lightly armored servicing and refueling vehicle for the M132 based on the M548.
- M58M58 WolfThe M58 Wolf is an agile, armored mobile vehicle of the United States Army, capable of producing smoke screens to block both visual and infrared detection. Large area multispectral obscurant smoke screening is used to cover the tracks of troops and artillery.-Construction:The M58 system is made up...
: The Wolf Smoke Generator Carrier can produce 90 minutes of visual and 30 minutes of infraredInfraredInfrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
screens. - XM106/M106: Self-propelled Mortar carrier with 107 mm (4.2 inch) M30 mortarM30 107 mm MortarThe M30 107 mm heavy mortar is an American rifled, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support to infantry units.-Design:...
firing through large, circular roof hatch in hull rear.