M113 armored personnel carriers, which the U.S. promised us, are already in Ukraine
Western partners have been supplying Ukraine with M113 tracked armored personnel carriers for several months, but now another long-awaited shipment has arrived.
What we know
We are talking about the American modification of the armored personnel carrier M113A3. Several vehicles have already been noticed by the AFU at the front. By the way, the total party should number 200 APCs.
#Ukraine : After a long waiting the first American M113A3 armored personnel carriers are seen in use with the Ukrainian troops on the front line - a significant quantity (200) of these APCs were planned to be donated by the US to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/G0kyTWW2Z2
- ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 13, 2022
Recall that the M113 is a tracked armored personnel carrier that is in service with the mechanized forces of the US Army and other armies worldwide. It was developed in 1957-1959 by the British company BAE Systems. There are about 80 000 such machines in the world.
Source: @UAWeapons
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