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M113 armored personnel carrierlarger figure on 0 of 3
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Configuration
| Specification | M113 armored personnel carrier | Namer |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Armored personnel carrier[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
| Wars | 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] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
| Manufacturer | FMC Corporation United Defense BAE Systems[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
| Produced | 1960–2007[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| No. built | ≈80,000 (all variants)[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
| Variants | Numerous, see text[source] | — |
| Passengers | 11–15 passengers[source] | — |
| Armor | 5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in)[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
| Main armament | M2 Browning machine gun[source] | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
| Secondary armament | Varies (See text)[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] |
| Power/weight | 22.36 hp/tonne[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
| Suspension | torsion bar, 5 road wheels[source] | Helical spring[source] |
| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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