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Length
Single source6x6
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| Specification | JCB HMEE | M113 armored personnel carrier |
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| Type | Backhoe loader[source] | Armored personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom United States[source] | United States[source] |
| Used by | Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Israel , New Zealand , Spain , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
M113 armored personnel carrierlarger figure on 0 of 1
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9.45 to 10.10 m (372 to 398 in) 6x6: 6.9 m (270 in)[source]
Length
Single source4.863 metres (15 ft 11.5 in)[source]
Maximum; A-kit
Single sourceMaximum; C-kit
Single sourceA-kit: 96 km/h (60 mph) C-kit: 65 km/h (40 mph)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single sourceMaximum; swimming
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Cold War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Civil conflict in the Philippines Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Yom Kippur War Turkish invasion of Cyprus Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Southern Lebanon conflict U.S. invasion of Panama Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Yugoslav Wars Kosovo War Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan Iraq War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Second Intifada 2006 Lebanon War Gaza War Libyan civil war (2011) Operation Protective Edge Iraqi insurgency Central African Republic Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Houthi-Saudi Arabian conflict Battle of Marawi Brazilian drug war Russo-Ukrainian War Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Gaza war 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict[source] |
| Manufacturer | JCB[source] | FMC Corporation United Defense BAE Systems[source] |
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| Produced | 2007–present[source] | 1960–2007[source] |
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| No. built | >900 (as of 2020)[source] | ≈80,000 (all variants)[source] |
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| Armor | A-kit: standard unprotected B-kit: applique and transparent armour C-kit (Theatre Entry Standard): blast mitigation belly plate, internal spall liner, slat armour, capacity for electronic counter-measures and situational awareness.[source] | 5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in)[source] |
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| Transmission | ZF Ergopower transmission (6 gears forward, 2 backwards)[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.4 m (16 in)[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 1960–present[source] |
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| Variants | — | Numerous, see text[source] |
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| Passengers | — | 11–15 passengers[source] |
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| Main armament | — | M2 Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | Varies (See text)[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 22.36 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | — | torsion bar, 5 road wheels[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming[source]