No need to really present the ubiquitous M113 armored personnel carrier. First aluminium hull combat vehicle to be put into mass production, the M113 entered service in the US Army in 1961 and was first used in combat by the South Vietnamese Army in 1962. Some 80,000 M113s of all types have been produced and it was used by more than 50 countries worldwide. Early 1984, Belgium received the first of the 525 units ordered (70% of them produced under licence in Belgium). There were delivered in different versions: troop transport (2 crew + 11 infantrymen), command post, ambulance, engineers, anti-tank with Milan missile launcher, recovery...
© C. Bray
© C. Bray
© C. Bray
The kit is the S-Model one. A very good base to convert to different versions. Figure from RH Models. (made 2014)
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