Was in the Cavalry as a driver in Aussie Army (Reserves). Loved the old M113A1 to bits. Ended up as a Crew Commander in the "Buckets" as they were commonly known. Still look back & think of those years driving the M113's as some of my fondest years in the Cav. ...Definitely more fun Driving, than commanding.

@chopper7352

3 жыл бұрын

@MR WHITE ..Hi Ya. Funny thing...I was actually in 3rd/9th SAMR for 7 years (93-2000), then moved West (Perth) & hooked up with 10LH. Cheers

@chopper7352

3 жыл бұрын

@MR WHITE ..Good stuff mate. As the saying goes...."It's a Small World" !

@ComasGhost

2 жыл бұрын

Tell details

@alexeiecrono6347

2 жыл бұрын

Mentira isso aí é Tecnologia Inovadora dá Turquia M.113 é uns dos Melhores Tanques Blindados do Planeta senão uns dos Melhores Tanques Blindados do Mundo!!.......

@hiiamrick

2 жыл бұрын

I used to fix them. And it floats.

Great video! I used to drive the 113 when I was stationed in West Germany, 3rd, Armored Div, before we got Bradelys.

@jocksimpson3548

4 жыл бұрын

Spearhead!

Удачная конструкция, сколько лет уже в строю, и будит еще не меньше. Я считаю классный аппарат.

Needed updating. Good and dependable. Had an 2Lt. Constantly bringing his track in bitching about performance. Told him to get in. Took it out on drivers testing course. Max safe speed for course was 25 mph. I ran it at about 35 to 40 mph. With all the wild curves, dips and drops I could hear him through my headset screaming hysterically. At the end of the course I pulled back as quick and hard as I could almost standing that bad boy on its nose. I know he crapped himself. He went to the First Sargent complaining, I got called in . Being Top knew I can't stand bullshit he glazed over my collection of DD 2404's and log books on the vehicle. He winked at me and replied " Well sir, after all these complaints I see his team did a hell of a job properly repairing your vehicle. There was never nothing wrong with it. He was a back seat driver who constantly pissed his driver off who in turn did everything possible to avoid having to tote this butter bar around. This Lt. was transferred to the Redeye platoon where he complained about his jeep. So, we kept it on constant deadline status and he was stuck riding in a truck while we had the luxury of using his jeep to buzz about the field and base. Moral of the story is you don't screw with your maintenance team they can make your life miserable. Oh and after they started putting M151A2's with that antipollution bullshit in use they ruined a fine lightweight vehicle. Out of all the vehicle types I had driven the M113 was the most fun to drive.

@milesboehmer9969

4 жыл бұрын

I had one , it came. With a plt ldr E-7 , I slid mine sideways once on a wet German road , accidentally .it was the command track for a mortar unit ,infantry

@taggartlawfirm

4 жыл бұрын

Lord, your top sgt should have taken that Lt. Under his wing and given him a little counseling. My top did, and it was all good.

Ya estoy empezando a amar a la industria militar de Turquía.

Daha fazla ve yeni videoları aylarca beklemedeyiz,umarız bizleri memnun edersiniz,hayırlı ramazanlar 👏🧿👏🧿👏

Got badly hurt when sniper shot driver, APC went out of control and rolled over. We were sitting on top and dove inside. The weakest point of the 113 is the underbelly. A land mine would kill everyone inside so everyone always rode on top. That’s why you always see people on top when you see videos or pictures of 113’s in combat. I hope they strengthen the underneath.

@scovserbcurmudgeon6818

5 жыл бұрын

Craig Smith liar.

@EcchiRevenge

5 жыл бұрын

Basically BTR-60 but worse.

@johnmead2781

5 жыл бұрын

Scovserb curmudgeon, so you think that Craig Smith is lying about the vulnerabilities of the M113? It’s history goes pre-Vietnam usage by the US and it has always been a mine blast victim. Name troops who were mechanized habitually rode on top due to a weak belly. Also the early ones were gasoline powered rather the later diesel ones, and always burned to the ground when hit by a RPG. It’s aluminum armor would melt into a huge molten pool.

@scovserbcurmudgeon6818

5 жыл бұрын

John Mead no, I agree that the 113 ain't all that. What I don't believe is his story.

@latchotchavo1

5 жыл бұрын

In Switzerland we were one of the first countries to have bought the M113,1380, in all. Edit by our tank factories in Thun, already to make them more reliable, and more draw, but it's a real sink! In the year 2000 we use them as a training target. So for 10 years we have changed to buy CV90 Swedish, really great troop transport, very reliable, and switchable in different versions!

Good for transport of troops and support weapons. It's better than walking and it's great to have a .50 cal. ready at hand.

¡Magnífico trabajo! 👍 👍 👏👏👏,felicitaciones.

They look damn beautiful! I drove the old A1's and A2's.

I was a driver of a M113a1 in 1980 1st ID ft Riley KS.

@roguelead72

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda disappointed the control sticks have been replaced.

Damn after 7 1/2 years of working on them things. They changed up allot!

Really enjoyed the footage of the banked track!

@davidmcclendon583

4 жыл бұрын

Next stop Talladega!

I used the last iteration of the 113 before we transitioned to Bradley’s. It was reliable relatively comfortable and easy in and out and ..... it never threw a track. [edit] well of course it could throw a track, but not like the bradly.

@hiiamrick

2 жыл бұрын

WHAT? I was a track vehicle mechanic in the 1980's. I remember replacing tracks. Comfortable my @$$.. I guess if you only used it on road. But we used to try to tear them up. At Ft. Benning. But in WEST GERMANY I went to an ADA unit. We drove them a long way. But seldom off road. Oh the memories.

@taggartlawfirm

2 жыл бұрын

@@hiiamrick the Bradley is cramped, zero headroom, and in our brads we still had the seat in the “tunnel.”

@hiiamrick

2 жыл бұрын

@@taggartlawfirm Never been is a Bradley. or a M1 but I do remember the M60.

@ice-tgaming4609

Жыл бұрын

bradley and m113 have different purposes bradley is a IFV for fighting while m113 is a APC for transportation of supply and troops

The M113 is like the AK47 of APCs.

@EvMstein

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm.. more like BMP-1 for me. And M113 is M16A1/A2

@michaeltubbs4606

5 жыл бұрын

@@EvMstein there's been about 80,000 M113's built in all variants in several countries compared to about 49,000 of all variants of the BMP-1 built in several countries so...

@EvMstein

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltubbs4606 You know.. like Western tanks for Western guns and Eastern tanks for Eastern guns.

@michaeltubbs4606

5 жыл бұрын

@@EvMstein got it.

@jehnsehymere6092

5 жыл бұрын

@@EvMstein Maybe the M113 should be the FN FAL of APCs since it seems to equip most of the free world like the FAL, and is just as long lived and dependable.

My favorite apc...outstanding lil beast!

Spent many years in the M-106 variant of the M-113. The M-106 was the mortar carriers for the M-30, 4.2-inch mortar. I am sure that the entire vehicle will get many improvements and upgrades. Hope they really change to a track assembly that won't break as easily. Please make a better crew heater. Was constantly repairing those heaters. They were overly complicated diesel fuel burning heaters. Worked great if they worked. Trouble was they broke when you needed them the most.

@krautnstouts1460

5 жыл бұрын

Accurate, I freeze my ass off in these things all the time here at NTC

@donavonrobbins1908

5 жыл бұрын

M981 FISTV here. Sucked to ride below, but fun to drive or tc.

It is egypt work ...nice work 🇪🇬🇮🇶

@naifm92

3 жыл бұрын

nope, it was modrenized in saudi arabia, see the insignia at 2:07

Hell yeah. I still dream about an M577 for a bug-out vehicle.

What sort of power pack are you running the ADF is using the same engine as the LAV 25

Are they welder qualified and certified?

So how's the mine protection this time around?

Молодцы Турки !!! Так держать !

Hm. Vaguely looks like the YPR that we had in the 1970s and 1980s. Except that we had a turret with a 25mm Oerlikon and a 7.62 coax on it. Noisy bugger of a thing, but it did what you asked of it; proper transportation, decent shelter and effective fire support when needed.

Que lindo quedaron son unos capos ojala se buelva a fabricar en fm todos los armamentos

Can I buy one for my commute?

The M-113 test driven by Top Gears The STIG

Still fits in its role as APC and not IFV.

What did it modernize?

The M113 still have life in it,just Army leadership lacks innovation in using them as other countries have.

@remc70

4 жыл бұрын

Phnx Snow. No they just keep thinking that congress and the American public is a bottomless pit of money.

@chaosXP3RT

3 жыл бұрын

If it's American made, it's garbage

Es una buena opción para los vehículos que tiene el Ejército del Perú

I used to drive one and then was in charge of a three track section. They haven't changed the 113 since the A3 came out.

A fine track.

The Stig can drive anything!

The M113 was a mediocre vehicle, but it was mediocre in 100 different roles and configurations.

@Blagger3000

4 жыл бұрын

@Gerd Wiesler And portable toilet.

@majungasaurusaaaa

4 жыл бұрын

@Adecodoo The whole battle taxi concept never worked out as mechanized infantry would prefer better armed and armored vehicles. Troops would rather sit on top and then sandbag the hell out of the insides for fear of mines. So much for shrapnel and small arms protection. So for carrying infantry it's both outclassed by IFVs in a conventional war and by MRAPs in an asymmetrical one. But it's so versatile that countries with limited defense budgets could always get good value out.

@majungasaurusaaaa

4 жыл бұрын

@Adecodoo It didn't work out for the M113. The fact that they had to develop IFVs for conventional warfare means mech inf would much rather have that. The Bradley was the replacement for the M113 for mech inf. In that case it's not apples and oranges. The M113 couldn't keep up with armor nor was it protective enough. The whole APC concept lost out on IFVs. Newer APCs they just make them wheeled and thinly armored. They're clearly not designed to accompany main battle tanks. "Moving men around in a safe zone" is not "battle taxi", it's just "taxi". The M113 is still used world wide because it's cheap and versatile, not because it's actually good at anything. Troops hate how it's a coffin on tracks. And sending men to their deaths to save a few bucks is not acceptable in modern day political climate.

@majungasaurusaaaa

4 жыл бұрын

@Adecodoo It's biggest strength is also its biggest weakness, being a pretty bad jack of all trades. Many troops would prefer not riding in this aluminum coffin at all, walking and sitting on top of a heavily sandbagged one was indeed safer. Mech Inf's job is to keep up with armored thrusts. An APC can't do that because of lack of protection and in the case of the m113 horsepower as well. Cost is not a reasonable excuse in today's political climate. It's obsolete the moment better vehicles were designed to fill specific roles. It has no place in a well equipped modern military. www.benning.army.mil/armor/earmor/content/issues/2016/JAN_MAR/1Nuckols-Cameron16.pdf It's even a liability today in other utility niches. It's all cool on paper when you say you're not gonna get shot at. But the enemy has a vote. Israeli troops flat out refused to enter the Gaza in the m113 after a bunch of them got killed in one. You seem to judge that thing on the conventional war in europe that never happened. I judge it on Vietnam and the Middle East. Get this thing out of service ASAP!

@scovserbcurmudgeon6818

4 жыл бұрын

@Adecodoo the m113 is no longer in use as an APC, but they're still used in a variety of support roles.

i luv what aussies did to m113 by turning it into AS4 stretch!

FNSS is the best 😍🇹🇷🇸🇦😍

Rode around on top of one of those Papa Charlies during my time in Vietnam.

I wait you repare the engine ibside problem, cause im tired with the brrvueeeee briiiu inside i cant suport this noise when i enter down

I made the mistake of sitting way up front, behind the engine compartment once.

@nunyabeeswax2638

4 жыл бұрын

By the personel heater? Yah me to. 20 degrees below zero that night in Germany and I was soaked in Diesel fuel from that Personnel heater that wasn't working. Driver had tried to fix it and didn't turn the cutoff knob to off. Thought I was gunna die I was so damn cold.

@brianjordan2192

4 жыл бұрын

@@nunyabeeswax2638 Ya my experience was it was below freezing, but the personal heater worked to well. When the ramp dropped and we debused, the cold was a bit noticeable for awhile.

Nice... improved engine and interior... while also making sure the rear hatch isn't a fucking death trap.

PERÚ está haciendo lo suyo

The King of Metal Boxes lives on

I use to drive one of these in the army and let me tell you the best upgrade for these would be to just get rid of them and replace them with Bradly's or Strikers

@chaosXP3RT

3 жыл бұрын

Bradley and Strykers are IFVs. The M113 is an APC. It is being replaced though. Look up the new AMPV

What country that

Because it's available in large numbers and is sustainable and easy to maintain by Iraqi, Kuwaiti and Saudi Police Forces. Another reason is they cannot blow them up on gunnery ranges because they are mostly aluminum and being non-magnetic it is against Range cleanup policy. Bottom line ...it's less expensive as the vehicles are paid off.

Turkey is the best thank to suport Indonesian military industry

@naifm92

3 жыл бұрын

this one is modrenized in saudi arabia not turky see the insignia at 2:07

MaşaAllah hayırlı olsun Allah razı olsun yapanlardan yaptıranlardan yaşasın Türkiye Yüzyılı 🇹🇷

Interesting

The only M-113's that were worth anything for a scout vehicle were the M-114's.

Chile fue el primer usuario en América

This M113 is a AIFV for yours armored

Excelente

I didn't know *The Stig* test drives APCs.

@ytwos1

4 жыл бұрын

Friend Chicken this is thü stög!

This M 113 is the Old Cargo Tank in WW2 and Veatnan war also ,,!! But very Popular tank in Asia ,,!! This is the reason the M113 is Up graded now to be come M113 -A1

👍 👍 👍

The Track family the M113, M114 and the M577A1 that I drove from 1966 till 1968. The TC yelled Tanks and the driver replied you're welcome :-)

They should do the water test last so it would wash off all the dirt during the test.

I was in the 1stBn28th /24id 1961 Munich when they were first issued in USAREUR

Where is this? Somewhere in the Middle East. ?

@replicantspy21

4 жыл бұрын

Turkey. Fnss corporation.

Bu bildiğin ZMA 15 olmuş....

Vamos enclausurar este motor para diminuir o ruido interno.

excelente tanque de guera bendiciones

@LuisRamos-ou8zb

4 жыл бұрын

Esto no es un tanque! Para ser un tanque tiene que tener un canon para atacar tanques. El proposito era transportar soldados que acompanan los tanques en un ataque. Por eso se llama "Armored Personnel Carrier," or APV.

O quebra ondas ficou muito abaixo de linha da água.

M981 fistv sucked so bad. Turret for forward observer equipment and 4 antennas. Bullet catchers. We couldn't keep up with tanks and Bradley's. Glad they have better fist vehicles now

The 113 was always a great wepons platform, and troop mover, but I dont understand all the refurbishing going on with older vehicles. If you really wanted to upgrade, add an 8' section, like they did with the C141, increased payload.

@Grunt0369USMC

4 жыл бұрын

bought and paid for, far cheaper to modernize than purchase new. These were bought for pennies on the dollar and plentiful US military assistance programs. Canada left all theirs is Europe and UK to sell rather than ship back

@chopper7352

4 жыл бұрын

Aussies upgraded about 350 of their 700 x M113A1's into M113AS4 variant. Stretched the hull by cutting & inserting a 26" section & thereby allowed them to add an extra road wheel each side. The upgraded also included a new Engine, Transmission, Drivetrain & Steering system... amongst the many improvements. Fuel cells also moved to outside. Went from a 1 man Manual turret to a 1 Man Electric turret with a 50cal QCB M2.

We need a design for the mountain and desert areas.

@inevitablecraftslab

4 жыл бұрын

why? in which country you plan to start your next war? hehe

@yahyaalmailkl5884

4 жыл бұрын

Inevitable Crafts Lab You think why countries are preparing their armies.

' where is this local place M113 company

2:12 Stig, is that you??

@nickleader7985

4 жыл бұрын

A man who only needs aluminum foil for armor. A man who steers a m113 with his member. A man who needs no introduction. THE STIG!

EEUU modernizando dicho equipo el M113 debería acordarse qué pasó con el mismo en Vietnam en el Líbano qué el RPG7 los destruyó Grabiel Capitan

I wounded if they'll stand up to a ied

What if enemy has 23mm gun?

Whats the title of music

'Look rhinos, rhinos, our enemy hides in metal boxes'. - C. L. Sindrid.

There's something to be said for an AFV that can swim!

@thebantabrigade9130

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it’s a IFV not a AFV

I definitely wouldn't swim an A1 again. Got a bath the hard way.

Muy bueno eo video. Esto es lo que tenìa que hacer el ejército español..la dotacion de M113 es muy importante..de verdad que con el bajo presupuesto en defensa se España y con lo que cuesta un vehìculo nuevo como el Toro , no se pueden modernizar??, no lo entiendo ..Israel los ha modenizado y los sigue utilizando..no en primera línea pero si como ambulancia, puesto de mando..comunicaciones..vigilancia de bases..no hay mucho sentido comun entre la alta oficialidad española..tambien Canadá y Australia los ha modernizado..HAY QUE APRENDER!!!!!!

Mashallah no adre produkt mia

👍

Best APC ever.

@siemensohm

5 жыл бұрын

good joke

@oldschoolgreentube

5 жыл бұрын

Not at all. I speak from experience.

@c3pfett

5 жыл бұрын

oldschoolgreentube Then you know about the thin floors and crappy aluminum armor? But against an old BMP? Hell ya! M113 all the way

Wait they made it amphibious as well now?

@c3pfett

5 жыл бұрын

A. Soldier Now? They always were

@donswanson1541

5 жыл бұрын

Served with 1/6 INF may of 83 to Aug 85 dam good machine

@philipmonroe81

5 жыл бұрын

It's been amphibious..since the beginning!

@donavonrobbins1908

5 жыл бұрын

Not having the swim accessories serviceable is a deadline offense. Yes, they all even came with a bilge pump. And they can climb the shit out of a grade, too

Drove an M-113 from '87-'93 That thing was a jalopy compared to this!

The M132 version is hardly missed.

@vasopel

4 жыл бұрын

Zippo

neden bazı yerlerde arapça yazıyor??

@cumaliakst5822

5 жыл бұрын

duvarlarda arapça yazıyordu fabrika da, üretim yerleride araplara ait o ozaman. geçen günlerde tank palet fabrikasınnı araplara satılması gibi..

@yasarozdemiroguz7772

5 жыл бұрын

Neden biz geri kalmışız diye sorup duruyorlar. Soracaklarına biraz defter, kitap okusalar iş kendiliğinden çözülecek sanırdık eskiden ama öyle olamayacağı şu dumur eden yorum ile insanın yüzüne şamar gibi çarpıyor. Videodaki üretim tesisi FNSS'nin BAE'ndeki ortak girişimine ait. TAI yada diğer adı TAI ilk kurulduğunda da (1984) ABD'li General Electric ile ortak kurulmuş, fabrika duvarlarındaki yazılar da Türkçe idi. Hiç bir amerikalı da çıkıp; "Neden bazı ayerlerde Türkçe yazıyor" diye zırıldamadı. Yazının şekli şemali üretim tesisi hakkında öyle sizin zırvaladığınız gibi kesin bilgiler içermez. BAE'nde, BAE'li bir firma aile ortak üretim tesisi kurmuş iseniz, neden fabrikanın duvarında Arapça yazılar var diye zırlamanın da bir alemi yok. Ne yani, Çince mi yazacaklardı fabrika duvarlarına ? "Tank- palet fabrikasının satılması" martavalınızda ayrı bir hikâye. Satılan bir şey ortada yok. Üzerinize oturduğunuz o koca organelinizi büyüteceğinize azıcık kafa çalıştırıp, birazda "gerçekler nedir" acaba diye merak ederek, "gerçek" bilgileri verenleri takip etseydiniz, Tank-palet fabrikasının ARAPLARA değil, bir Türk firması/markası olan BMC'ye, 25 yıllığına, SATILMADIĞINI, kiralandığını çözebilirdiniz (BMC şirket hisselerinin %25.1’i Öztürk Ailesi’nin; %25’i Ethem Sancak’ın; geriye kalan %49.9’u ise Katar Silahlı Kuvvetlerinin). TAI'ninde %46.2'si ABD'li General Electric'e ait, yakında adı MİLLİ MUHARİP UÇAK olan kendi uçağımızı yapacaklar, o zamanda çıkıp zırıldanacak mısınız merak ederiz. Adında olduğu gibi asıl görevi Tank-Palet üretmek olan fabrikanın bu güne kadar hiç bir tank üretmediğini bilseydiniz (hazır parçaları alıp birleştirmek tank üretmek değildir, öyle saçmalıkları umarım buraya cevap olarak girmezsiniz), BMC'ye yapılan kiralama ile buraya gerçek manada bir TANK ÜRETİM hattının kurulacağını, 25 Yıllık kiralama sonunda da, bu GERÇEK TANK ÜRETİM hattının bedava olarak T.C Devletine kalacağınıda bilebilirdiniz. T.C Devletinin acil olarak bir ana muharebe tankına ihtiyacı var, ancak devlet bütçesinin böyle bir ihtiyaca yönelik yatırımı yapabilecek maddi olanakları kısıtlı. Parası yok değil, kısıtlı. Buraya böylesine bir yatırım yapılsa bu defa başka elzem bir savunma sanayii ihtiyacını karşılayamayacak. Misal, TFX uçağına para ayıramayacak. Ayrıca devletin kurduğu fabrikalarda çalışanların %99,999'u amiyane tabiri ile torpil vasıtası işe girer, işe girince yan gelip yatar, 82 milyonun parasını hortumlar, hiç bir icraatte bulunmaz. Çok merak ediyorsanız bakın bakalım bu güne kadar kurulmuş hangi devlet kurumu bir icatta bulunmuş, memleketin hangi derdine bir derman geliştirmiş, bize nasıl milyarlarca gelir getirmiş. Bulursanız bizimle de paylaşın cehaletimiz gitsin biraz.

I put many miles on the old 113, from jan.74 to 78.

Old Times :)

Sure the hell beats walking....

En nicaragua solo nos hace falta los aviones caza para mejor seguridad

😎😎👍

Scrap it👍🏻

Modernization must be two times more expensive than a new one. You had better buy a ZMA15

The Browns update ancient white tech...... for some reason

Beste of TURKİYE🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Slow Clap...

RPG 7 love this

@chaosXP3RT

3 жыл бұрын

RPG 7 love you

Peoples wind the war not the tank...it can help kill enemy faster.

砂漠とアスファルトは走れて当然！湿地帯と海、砂浜はどうなんだろう？

حالين في الجيش العراقي وسائق ناقلة M113 السياقه مالته جيده وحلوه ولاكن صارت عجوز لان صناعه قديمه

good morning thank you for being beautiful thank you for being wonderful I hope you have a great day. Goodnight the greatness and you is beautiful

Should be equipped with CIWS guns on it's turret.and rockets too.