Armored Personnel Carrier (M113A2) - Little Falls, MN
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Armored Personnel Carrier located at the Minnesota Military Museum near Little Falls, MN.
Waymark Code: WM9XZ7
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2010
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Armored Personnel Carrier located at the Minnesota Military Museum on the grounds of Camp Ripley near Little Falls, MN. The Museum has both indoor and outdoor displays covering all aspects of U.S. Military history and with displays of tanks, aircraft, vehicles, weapons, uniforms and more.
The information sign on this vehicle reads:
Armored Personnel Carrier (M113A2)
The amphibious M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was produced from 1964-92. More than 85,000 were built, consisting of 35 variants in use by more than 40 countries. The U.S. Army's fleet of 32,000 is most often used by mechanized infantry units as a "battlefield taxi", carrying into battle with protection against small arms fire. It can also be used on the battlefield for transporting engineer units, medical evacuation, fire support, and command and control functions. It can carry a crew or two, plus an 11 member infantry squad, and it is typically armed with a .50 caliber M2 machine gun.
M113s were used extensively during the Vietnam War (1964-75) and the Persian Gulf War (1990-91). Early models were particularly vulnerable to larger caliber armor-piercing weapons, but later models gave more protection. The M113A2 model displayed here also includes cooling and suspension improvements. The M113 has an all-welded aluminum hull with a Kevlar liner.
Technical data: Weight, 27,180 lb.: 6V-53 6 cylinder diesel engine, 212 hp; Maximum range 300 miles; Road speed 42 mph maximum (22mph cross country); Water speed, 3 mph
Location restrictions:
Located on grounds of Camp Ripley, in the outside display area of the Minnesota Military Museum, open to the public year round
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