I thought Klinton made fishing reefs out of these?
RPG magnets in any event.
It was 2008 when the Army announced that the last 6,000 M113 varients were being replaced with Bradley and Stryker varients. This is to be done by 2014.
1,026 M113 varients are being provided to the IA under US FMS EDA program [The Iraqis pay shipping and refurbishment]:
66 M1064 120mm Mortar Carriers
68 M113A2 AMEV [Ambulance]
618 M113A2 APC
80 M577 Command Post Vehicles
192 M548 Cargo Carriers
2 M577A2 EMTV [Emergency Medical Treatment Vehicle]
By my accounting we have about 2,900 more M113 varients left to dispose of in the US Army...
All the more reason to find somebody else to take them.
IIRC, the M113 was intended as a stepping stone to more advanced IFV’s and even tanks. That would mean that it’s chief virtues in this training mission is simplicity & availability.
A little surprised that they aren’t using BMP’s, but we are speaking about a US training mission here.