M113 armored personnel carrier. Drawing by Joan Mañé
The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation. The M113 was sent to United States Army Europe in 1961 to replace the mechanized infantry’s M59 APCs. Eventually, the M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. It was largely known as an “APC” or an “ACAV” (armored cavalry assault vehicle) by the allied forces.
