[Harold Shea]

I like to have killed myself hitting my head on the ceiling in one of those things standing up too quick,I do
think I remember some with the 60s with shields.And some on
the 2 1/2 ton gunships escorting convoys,in-country mfg,bet
your right

were you surprised to find out those APCs were made
of aluminum,I know I was.Unpleasntly surprised

[Brucifer]

The story that I heard was that they wanted a lighter sort of APC for air mobility or something, and they thought that they could accomplish it by using aluminum. By the time they got done the aluminum armor was heavier than steel would have been in the first place.

I wasn't too concerned about the whole aluminum thing until I found out that the M-113 APCs could MELT.