The M113 APC for Armoured Personal Carrier was the most legendary of them all. Built to around 80,000, sold to 60 countries, modified to a hundred variants.
The M113 was first used in combat in April 1962 after the United States provided the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) with heavy weaponry such as the M113, under the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) program. Eventually, the M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War and was used to break through heavy thickets in the midst of the jungle to attack and overrun enemy positions. It was largely known as an "APC" or an "ACAV" (armored cavalry assault vehicle) by the allied forces.
Unknown base in Vietnam /William Bolhofer collection/.
So I built an M113. On the surface it might seem like a pretty simple build, but its not really. The front slope was a massive headache to get right. Credit to Ekjohnson for the idea, I was fiddling around with just the one half size plate forever until I saw your awesome model and thought to add the plate, if that makes any sense, haha. I added some numbers on the side because that seemed like the cool thing to do, I guess. All in all a relatively quick build so I might post a rebuild in the next couple days once I get the time to really refine it. Until then, enjoy! And thanks for checking it out. PS, check out my YouTube page. Just search 'Carpet Lego' on YouTube.
Bien Hoa 1968 , Vietnam.
Witam ! Drugi model po wspomnianej przerwie, model został ukończony jakieś dwa tygodnie. Model stary jak świat, firma tamiya, skala 1:35. Jako że detal był słabawy, nie ma się co dziwić, w końcu zestaw ma swoje lata, postanowiłem dokupić zestaw blach PE edka. Kilka zdjęć z warsztatu , no i galeri...
Vietnam (Ron Picardi collection).
Hi everyone, here’s my first post in the site, this is my PSP M-113 with a ZPU-2 gun on top, as seen during the Lebanese civil war, for it I used an Academy M.-113 and Meng’s ZPU. Hope you like it!
Pictures of M113 APCs.
The M113 APC for Armoured Personal Carrier was the most legendary of them all. Built to around 80,000, sold to 60 countries, modified to a hundred variants.
Vietnam (E.Q. "Skip" Fahel collection).
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Ähnlich wie die M3 Halftracks bildete der M113 bei der IDF von den 60-70er Jahren bis heute die Basis für eine Vielzahl von Fahrzeugvarianten für die unterschiedlichsten Einsatzwecke. Meistens sind sie schwerbewaffnete und bepackte Fahrzeuge der Panzergrenadiere und sind trotz ihrer miserablen Panzerung immer noch das Haupttransportmittel der Panzerbegleitinfanterie.
