The M113 APC, its been around forever. I trained on it in 1971 at Armored Recon school at Ft Knox. It had a 318 Detroit Diesel and you steered it with two levers, pulling back the one on the side you wanted to turn, locking that track. It had a 50 cal on top and was a ball to drive and fire. Only had about an inch of aluminum armor though. A 30 cal would go through it. It's hard to believe they still use them. I wonder if they still make them?
Mike
The M113 APC is a great ride and the Iraqis will be able to run away from a threat just fine. It is a bit sensitive to mines and anything over 7.62x39, so it’s just a HumVee with poor visibility. We give lots of these away to allies as somewhere in an American desert there must be thousands parked.