Did US M113s also.use the belly and sponson armor in Vietnam or was that just the Australian M113s? If they did, was it the same as the Aussies? Thanks.
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From Hunnicutt’s Bradley A History of the American Fighting and Support Vehicles
No sponson armor, and obviously the external fuel tanks were not used there…
H.P.
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Thanks!
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Shows fitted on the AHHQ 1/16th kit box art. You can see it on period pics too as a lip on the lower edge of the front panel.
Keith
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Here are a couple of shots of M113s with belly armor, with and without the floatation cells. It looks an M106 or M125 with belly armor in the second photo.
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For good measure, the last one has some PSP hung on the side as well…
H.P.
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1/4 Cav had belly armor for M113’s and 11ACR had kits for 551’s. Most of the previous are 5th Mech pictures.
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