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M113 armored personnel carrier: History, Regions, Measurement & Companies

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. The M113 was first used in combat in April 1962 after the United States provided the South Vietnamese army (ARVN) with heavy weaponry such…

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M113 armored personnel carrier topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Regions, Measurement and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around M113 armored personnel carrier.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
261
Extracted relationships
253
Related term clusters
86
Bridge connections
261

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Operators · 117 topics
Overview · 38 topics
Operational history · 33 topics
Development · 29 topics
Variants · 28 topics
Design · 10 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Armor
5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in)
Crew
2
Engine
Detroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine 275 hp (205 kW)
Height
2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)
In service
1960–present
Length
4.863 metres (15 ft 11.5 in)

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How M113 armored personnel carrier connects Entity context

The extracted context around M113 armored personnel carrier shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, M113 armored personnel carrier → Afghanistan, Also, An-124 Antonov Airlines, Another, Argentine Army, Australia, Australia-donated, Australian Army, Ba'athist Syria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Benin Army, Bolivian Army, Bosnia, Brazilian Army, Brazilian Marine Corps, Cambodia, Canada, Canadian Army Another extracted example is M113 armored personnel carrier → 1982 Lebanon War, 2006 Lebanon War, 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict, Battle of Marawi, Brazilian drug war, Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Central African Republic Civil War, Civil conflict in the Philippines, Cold War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Civil conflict in the Philippines…, Gaza War, Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan Iraq War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Second Intifada 2006 Lebanon War Gaza War Libyan civil war (2011) Operation Protective Edge…, Gulf War, Houthi-Saudi Arabian conflict, Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Iran–Iraq War, Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

M113 armored personnel carrier

Top relations

related to Current operators · 159
M113 armored personnel carrier → Afghanistan, Also, An-124 Antonov Airlines, Another, Argentine Army, Australia, Australia-donated, Australian Army, Ba'athist Syria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Benin Army, Bolivian Army, Bosnia, Brazilian Army, Brazilian Marine Corps, Cambodia, Canada, Canadian Army
Wars · 41
M113 armored personnel carrier → 1982 Lebanon War, 2006 Lebanon War, 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict, Battle of Marawi, Brazilian drug war, Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Central African Republic Civil War, Civil conflict in the Philippines, Cold War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Civil conflict in the Philippines…, Gaza War, Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan Iraq War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Second Intifada 2006 Lebanon War Gaza War Libyan civil war (2011) Operation Protective Edge…, Gulf War, Houthi-Saudi Arabian conflict, Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Iran–Iraq War, Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency
related to Vietnam · 9
M113 armored personnel carrier → M113, M113 APC/ACAV, M113s, M114, Ten, The Vietnam War, United States Army, Vietnam, World War II
related to Armament · 7
M113 armored personnel carrier → Army, BGM-71 TOW, M113, M2, M47, M47 Dragon, Mk
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed · 1
M113 armored personnel carrier → 67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming
Armor · 1
M113 armored personnel carrier → 5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in)
Crew · 1
M113 armored personnel carrier → 2
Engine · 1
M113 armored personnel carrier → Detroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine 275 hp (205 kW)
Height · 1
M113 armored personnel carrier → 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)
In service · 1
M113 armored personnel carrier → 1960–present

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Important terminology

m113 army m113s armored vehicle vietnam vehicles used combat forces service armor war lebanon m113a1 m113a2 united infantry arvn gun

M113 armored personnel carrier relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 253 structured relationships around M113 armored personnel carrier. Examples in this analysis include M113 armored personnel carrier → .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed → 67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming and M113 armored personnel carrier → Armor → 5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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M113 armored personnel carrier.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierArmor5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierCrew21.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierEngineDetroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine 275 hp (205 kW)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierHeight2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierIn service1960–present1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierLength4.863 metres (15 ft 11.5 in)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierMain armamentM2 Browning machine gun1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierManufacturerFMC Corporation United Defense BAE Systems1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierMass12.3 tonnes (13.6 short tons; 12.1 long tons)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierNo. built≈80,000 (all variants)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierOperational range480 km (300 mi)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierPassengers11–15 passengers1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierPlace of originUnited States1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierPower/weight22.36 hp/tonne1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierProduced1960–20071.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierSecondary armamentVaries (See text)1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierSuspensiontorsion bar, 5 road wheels1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierTypeArmored personnel carrier1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierUsed bySee Operators1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierVariantsNumerous, see text1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsCold War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Civil conflict in the Philippines…1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsVietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsLaotian Civil War1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsCambodian Civil War1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsCambodian–Vietnamese War1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsSino-Vietnamese War1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsSix-Day War1.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsIndo-Pakistani war of 19651.00infobox
M113 armored personnel carrierWarsCivil conflict in the Philippines1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For M113 armored personnel carrier, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects M113 armored personnel carrier with Operators. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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M113 armored personnel carrier — Operators · splits 144 ⟂ 118
M113 armored personnel carrier — Overview · splits 223 ⟂ 39
M113 armored personnel carrier — Operational history · splits 228 ⟂ 34
M113 armored personnel carrier — Development · splits 232 ⟂ 30
M113 armored personnel carrier — Variants · splits 233 ⟂ 29
M113 armored personnel carrier — Design · splits 251 ⟂ 11

Map overview Semantic statistics

M113 armored personnel carrier

Nodes262
Edges261
Triples253
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007634
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around M113 armored personnel carrier to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Regions, Measurement & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — M113 armored personnel carrier · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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