M113 IN THE MODERN GERMAN ARMY PT 4

Serie della Tankograd con foto a colori e in bianco e nero oltre a disegni al tratto che presenta il mezzo da ogni angolazione con informazioni sullo sviluppo, impiego, varianti, prototipi, dati tecnici, ecc.

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No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under the name Mannschaftstransportwagen (MTW) M 113. In the Cold War period, some 4,000 M 113s and variants belonged to the vehicle inventory of the German Army, among them many specialised variants. During their service with the German Bundeswehr, vehicles of the M 113 family were also put through several programmes aimed at improving their combat capabilities and extending their in-service life. 

This documentation (requiring four parts due to huge amount of variants) describes and illustrates in detail the use of the M 113 MTW and its variants by the Bundeswehr from 1962 to the present. In part 4:

Lance Surface-to-Surface Artillery Rocket System

M 113 120mm Mortar Carrier

M 113 Mortar Fire Control Vehicle

Skorpion Vehicle-Based Scatterable Mine-Laying System

M 113-Based Prototypes

The Future of the M 113

M 113 - The End of an Era?

M 113 Technical Data