#Armored Personnel Carrier

[chernobog13]

[i-identify-tanks-in-posts]

Well, rather obviously, this is an M113. However, I'd like to talk about how this is actually pretty ingenious improvised camouflage, using abundant materials in the surrounding environment, that, in my opinion, would do a fair job at breaking up their silhouette and making them a harder target.

It reminds me of those trash-based ghillie suits you sometimes see online, for airsofters and whatnot. Anyway, I'll terminate my ramblings, and give an actual I.D. now.

M113 (IMO an A3, though I'm not certain), US APC, FMC corporation, 2023.

95% confidence.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Destroyed Russian MT-LB armored personnel carrier burns on the bridge at Yelyzavetivka (Marinka hromada), Ukraine, November 3, 2024. Source: ukr.warspotting.net

P.S. Meanwhile some "democratic" politicians in the West and greedy billionaires are making preparations to commit high treason and make "peace" at Ukrainian expense repeating mistakes made by West's useful fools in 1938...

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

@i-identify-tanks-in-posts WHY ARE THEY ALL THE SAME?!

[gijoe-forever]

[taking-cabbage]

Bulgarian BMP-1 in combined arms training

[warsofasoiaf]

Is there a set distinction between an Infantry Fighting Vehicle and an armed APC? Also, is it solely the transport capacity that differentiates a tank from an IFV? And what is the difference between a turreted tank destroyer (like the M18 or M10 from WW2) and a tank? Tank you for your attanktion.

The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe outlines that an APC has a cannon less than 20mm, any larger an it's an IFV. However, the bigger thing is the mission role: an APC is designed to transport troops and protect them while doing so, while an IFV is a direct fire support vehicle, meant to give fire in support to dismounted infantry.

A tank is an armored direct fire platform, typically firing a big artillery-caliber (like a 105mm) on a flat trajectory, while an IFV is typically equipped with an autocannon and is meant to move and fight with dismounted infantry. Tanks are tracked vehicles, IFV's can be either wheeled or tracked.

A turreted tank destroyer is primarily defined by its mission, hunting and destroying enemy tanks. Comparatively, turreted tank destroyers had much lighter armor than tanks, and were not designed to get into slugging matches, rather to punch holes in an armor line to expose the enemy rear.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[skyfire85]

I found a few pics:

For comparison, stock Saracens:

And some American SWAT teams use the Saracen.

I am... not quite surprised.

[stone-cold-groove]

Studebaker Weasels help pace the drive to Tokyo. Studebaker Corporation ad - 1945.

[rhk111sblog]

A look at the Control Console of the RCWS for the .50 cal. HMG of a PA M113A2 APC

Here is a nice look at the Control Console of the Remote Controlled Weapons Station (RCWS) for the 12.7 mm caliber Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) onboard an M113A2 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). The Commander of the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM), Lieutenant General Fenryl Buca got to Test Fire the System during his visit to the Armored “Pambato” Division of the Philippine Army (PA) recently

Here is the Link to the original Post containing the Picture: https://web.facebook.com/ArmorPambatoDivisionPA/posts/pfbid02LJdsQN81ArY8yoT3TBUgWjqqQo4CVuxevctqWwSgnCBUv9kPSTQTQeJVEfwbheWhl

SOURCE: Armor Pambato Division Facebook Page Post, 09/27/23 – 1535H {Archived Link}

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[molfarua]

❗❓ In russia, an armored personnel carrier of the ☝60s was installed a ⛵2M ship anti-aircraft gun from the 40s of the last century 🤣 There are no analogues in the world 🤣 Innovations 💩technologies of the russian federation 🤣

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Destroyed Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier, Ukraine, July 5, 2024. Source: Naalsio26

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

It's kind of wild knowing that my car ...

... and this ...

... are made by the same company.

[odinsblog]

Collective punishment of an entire group is prohibited under international law. Israel’s proposed siege would be a war crime that indiscriminately harms innocent people, especially the sick, the disabled, the elderly and small children, who never supported Hamas, a group repeatedly propped up by Benjamin Netanyahu himself, to sow division amongst the Palestinian people.

This in no way excuses Hamas raping women and murdering innocent children and the elderly. That’s terrorism. That’s war crimes. A war crime doesn’t stop being a war crime based on who does it, or which side you support. I had the great misfortune of having watched some of the videos of what happened. I don’t know how anyone can see this and not be heartbroken and dismiss it because of some idiotic, “they had it coming” mentality.

Look, Palestine is being oppressed. By Israel. Israel is doing the oppression. Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. We can and should support Palestine. We do not, however, have to ignore war crimes to support Palestine. Similarly, Western media outlets should stop ignoring and downplaying Israel’s long and well documented history of war crimes and other atrocities committed against Palestinian civilians and reporters.

And please pay close attention to who resorts to antisemitism to “defend” Palestine. The cause of the Palestinian people is strong enough without using bigotry and racism.

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Finally, this is not a “war” between Palestine and Israel. Those words disingenuously imply a false equivalence, that both sides are evenly matched. They are not. The Palestinian ≠ Hamas, and the Palestinian people and Gazans do not have tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, an air force, a navy, an army, nuclear weapons, and a sophisticated missile defense system. Israel, however, does have all of those things.

Hamas ≠ Palestine.

Palestinians do not have to be the perfect victims to deserve our support and sympathy.

[athena5898]

The IOF abandoned a "Zelda" armored personnel carrier in Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon after failing to invade the town. The vehicle is likely to be remotely-controlled and rigged with explosives, such as those that were used in the across the Gaza Strip, some of which have been destroyed or dismantled by the resistance