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M113 add on armour
allycat
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Posted: Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 09:46 AM UTC
Hi All,
I've seen pics of the new Stryker wheeled vehicle with railing type anti RPG armour attached to it.
My question is; have M113 type vehicles ever been fitted with this or is the add on for the A3 version different. (A pic link would be nice)!
Cheers all, Bye
Tom
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Posted: Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 09:53 AM UTC
The bar type armor was first tested on M113 during the Vietnam War, but was never introduced to service. I've heard a rumor recently that a number of M113s in Iraq will soon be equipped with this type of armor, but I'm not sure if it is true.

The standard add-on armor set for M113A3 is completely different. It looks like this:




HTH,
Pawel
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Posted: Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 10:16 AM UTC
Here's an article about it that I found on it;

article

Hopefully the link will work.
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