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| US M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier in Iraq (In Public Domain) |
With the PhP4.7B that the AFP got from the conversion of former military bases, 43 of its modernization projects were completed, including the delivery of six M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier and 1,621 night vision fighting system units to the Philippine Army, the Phippine Daily Inqurer reported in March of this year.
M-113 Specifications
| Weight | 12.3 tonnes (13.6 short tons; 12.1 long tons) |
|---|---|
| Length | 4.863 metres (15 ft 11.5 in) |
| Width | 2.686 metres (8 ft 9.7 in) |
| Height | 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) |
| Crew | 2 |
| Passengers | 11 passengers |
| Armor | aluminum 12–38 millimetres (0.47–1.5 in) |
| Main armament |
M2 Browning machine gun |
| Secondary armament |
varies (see text) |
| Engine | Detroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine 275 hp (205 kW) |
| Power/weight | 22.36 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | torsion bar, 5 road wheels |
| Operational range |
~480 km (~300 miles) |
| Speed | 67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming |
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no sense of AFP modernization and where are those 2 new frigates, radar and missile that the Vocal General said and publist? Its still drawing... what a shame to those General who made a false report..
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