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[Esteban]

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[superburban]

Re: TONS of info & history about the M-113 APC

Plenty of good & interesting articles.

You are the king of understatement! I wasted half my day on that site! I love it.

 

[Uglyranger]

Yeah, I blew a bunch of time on the site too...a lot of information in one place.

 

[maddawg308]

I've always had a question about the M113 - were any of the -113 series made out of steel hulls? Reason I ask is that a couple years back I saw a flatbed truck heading north on I-81 with a -113 track on it, and it was covered in RUST. No paint, just rust, like it had a steel hull, the paint had been stripped off, and left outside for a while. I know the majority of them were aluminum, but I can't remember if any, even the early ones, were steel hulled.

 

[Elwenil]

Possibly a movie mockup?

 

[Esteban]

I've always had a question about the M113 - were any of the -113 series made out of steel hulls? Reason I ask is that a couple years back I saw a flatbed truck heading north on I-81 with a -113 track on it, and it was covered in RUST. No paint, just rust, like it had a steel hull, the paint had been stripped off, and left outside for a while. I know the majority of them were aluminum, but I can't remember if any, even the early ones, were steel hulled.

I have never heard of one with a steel hull, but it could have been a " movie prop " as suggested , or a prototype, etc.