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M113 Gavins drive thru mud: Stryker trucks can't! dy...

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01:41,

2008-01-23 03:00:50

Description: A LIGHT (under 20 tons) tank like the M113 Gavin which weighs only 10 tons empty has very low ground pressure and dynamic forces imparted into the soil such that they can rumble cross-country at-will (More)

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Future Scout Vehicle: M113 GAVINs Save Day in Iraq 1/3

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08:10,

2008-04-12 12:16:37

Description: The dirty secret of the 19D Scout MOS community is in BOTH Iraq nation-state wars (NSWs); Desert Storm in 1991 and Iraqi Freedom in 2003, their MTOE organically-assigned, Humvee trucks were too (More)

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Afghan Army M113 Gavins in Hyperspectral Camo dynmic...

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04:31,

2008-01-17 10:19:54

Description: The Afghan National Army (ANA) with M113 Gavin light armored tracks capable of unpredictable cross-country fire & maneuver is now better equipped than the U.S. Army's roughly 20 light (More) The Afghan National Army (ANA) with M113 Gavin light armored tracks capable of unpredictable cross-country fire & maneuver is now better equipped than the U.S. Army's roughly 20 light brigades and the entire USMC that foot-slogs with 100 pounds of "lightweight" equipment when not getting blown up by land mines in wheeled trucks and calling for air strikes on civilians in retaliation--which plays right into the Taliban's hands. Our NATO allies are doing a far better job at counter-insurgency operating from armored tracks to withstand enemy fires and locate the shooter(s) and not lashing out wildly against civilians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKa3tK3zi4c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPkugOmfn9g that even the mis-informed statements of U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates cannot change the facts-on-the-ground. To paraphrase Shakespeare in Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2; "The SecDef doth protest too much, methinks." Our NATO allies should send the foot sloggin' and truckin' Americans home if we don't mend our ways since they are doing the real hard work of patiently winning over the restive south as the instant gratification Americans still manage to get themselves killed in the quiet eastern sector. http://www.geocities.com/armorhistory The wily Afghans may have even taught us some lessons in camouflage employing reported to be Hyperspectral paint schemes on their vehicles despite being "poor and impoverished". Whatever the paint used it beats woodland green or all green pickle-hearse-wagon Stryker trucks. What's our excuse? Lack of money? That ain't it. Lack of common sense created by extreme egotism is what it is. If we were smart and wanting to clean-up our COIN tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) we would immediately MTOE change and outfit our light infantry battalion Delta Weapons companies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMp7iEtc_i0 with M113 Gavins taken from storage--not Gavins from the heavy brigades that use them--and upgrade them with effective digital camouflage (NOT ACUPAT), band tracks, extra armor, hybrid-electric drives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbWbkOkTydk and 30mm autocannon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SPHgpLWPws and 120mm mortar weaponry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-j4KCNqKM to give HHC, A, B, C rifle companies the armored maneuver, firepower and protection http://www.combatreform.com/itmaneuversabattallion.htm our NATO allies have been so successful with instead of making up hypocritical "doth protests". Don't "curse the darkness" with make-believe strawmen, "light a candle"--adapt to the non-linear battlefield of flat valley open terrain and steep mountain closed terrain Afghanistan with 3D maneuver, C-130 and CH-47 air-mech capable, light infantry with our own M113 Gavins. http://www.combatreform.com/fries.htm Lyrics to music used in video: Kamelot Rule The World When a new day reaches dawn I feel it's worth the wait But I tumble and I fall I'm up against my fate When the barricades come down I'll build them up again When I'm just about to drown I still don't know the end CHORUS: Sometimes I tremble Like a little child Their faces mourning With a broken smile Sometimes I crumble When they're chasing through Sometimes I feel that I could rule the world When the morning comes alive Release your love brigade At the end of day it's night To suck it up with hate CHORUS: Sometimes I tremble Like a little child [Rule The World lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com] Their faces mourning With a broken smile Sometimes I crumble When they're chasing through Sometimes I feel that I could rule the world Rule the world [Solo] CHORUS: Sometimes I tremble Like a little child Their faces mourning With a broken smile Sometimes I crumble When they're chasing through Sometimes I feel that I could rule the world (Their faces mourning With a broken smile Sometimes I crumble When they're chasing through Sometimes I feel that I could rule the world) Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (Less)

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Tracks Rule! Aussie M113 Gavins in Action World-Wide!

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00:35,

2008-03-01 21:57:06

Description: http://www.diggerhistory.info Let me set the scene; it is a stinking, non-descript rubber plantation in a place that no one was much interested in, the rain is pouring down as only Asian monsoonal (More) http://www.diggerhistory.info Let me set the scene; it is a stinking, non-descript rubber plantation in a place that no one was much interested in, the rain is pouring down as only Asian monsoonal rain can, 108 Australians are fighting for their lives against an estimated 2,000 to 2,500 NVA troops who are on their way to wipe out the whole Australian base at Nui Dat. It is Delta Company of 6 RAR and they are in "deep shit". They have already lost a section and more. Their ammo has run out once and only an emergency resupply from a RAAF chopper has allowed them to keep firing. Supporting artillery is firing "continuous fire" (24 guns firing 3 rounds per gun per minute) and will drop a total of 2,639 rounds of 105mm and 155 rounds of 155mm (from the Yanks). There are already about 15% of the Australian unit KIA. More are wounded. Some are missing. All are desperate. The NVA/VC are massing for the last attack. The Australian Company Commander has already told his base "If you don't come for us in half an hour, don't bother coming at all". Then through the murk, the rain and the bullets . . .a dull roar, like a couple of bulldozers, no one knew what it was. Then it struck them. The tracks had arrived. Out of the gloom, lights blazing, .50 cal machine guns going full bore, having already swum a flooded river, with another Company of 6RAR aboard the M113s of the RAAC came roaring in almost Western movie timing to break up the NVA/VC attack and relieve the situation. The NVA/VC withdrew leaving 245 bodies that they could not retrieve. They call the place LONG TAN. Sgt Buick and the remnant of 11 Platoon "jumped up, yelled and waved to identify our position, just like in the movies. I felt like one of those Yankees saved from the Indians" (from the book by Lex McAulay). THE M113 GAVIN....SAVES THE DAY YET AGAIN.... http://www.combatreform.com/m113combat.htm A Digger M113 Gavin officer writes: Dear sir, Thank you for the slideshows posted on YouTube. You don't need to sing the praises of the M113 to me, you are preaching to the converted. I operated an M113A1 in the reconnaissance role as part of 1/15 RNSWL. It was very difficult to sneak and peak in such a large, square, noisy vehicle but we became quite good with practice and tracked mobility meant we could traverse swamps and climb mountains and surprise the enemy by being places we were least expected. When our sister unit 2nd Cavalry Regiment were equipped with ASLAVs (Canadian-built LAV-2 in Australian specification) we were jealous that they had new vehicles whilst we wrestled with Vietnam-era equipment but soon discovered ASLAVs can't operate off-road because each vehicle would loose at least one tyre per day on off-road operations. http://www.defence.gov.au/army/2cav/oldgear.html ASLAVs were also enormous, fine for peace-keeping duties but difficult for sneak and peak activities. Now 1/15 RNSWL has also (temporarily) lost the M113, replaced with (unarmoured) LandRovers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st/15th_Royal_New_South_Wales_Lancers The M113 has been withdrawn from service in Australia so as to be rebuilt to M113AS4 standard, that is, stretched to accommodate an extra roadwheel. All my years operating an M113 I never once heard anyone say "I wish this vehicle was larger". http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/lsd/land106/MII3AS4_images.cfm ******** High-Technology Gavins reduced in size into "Mini-Gavins" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnntGA8vEs with hybrid-electric drive and band tracks will answer the glitches the Digger officer had to work around.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbWbkOkTydk Want to know more about 3D Airborne Maneuver Warfare? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (Less)

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THE HISTORY OF THE M113 GAVIN

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07:04,

2007-04-15 11:47:38

Description: In the aftermath of WW2's 358, 000 and the Korean War's 50,000+ dead, U.S. Army Chief of Research & Development, General James M. Gavin DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Instead of (More) In the aftermath of WW2's 358, 000 and the Korean War's 50,000+ dead, U.S. Army Chief of Research & Development, General James M. Gavin DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Instead of having our troops continue to foot-slog over potentially nuclear irradiated battlefields, he ordered the creation of the Airborne Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Family (AAM-PVF); the T113 prototype which became the legendary M113 tracked armored personnel carrier; the world's first fully-enclosed, amphibious and air transportable infantry-carry tank, a revolutionary design that is in combat today and for the future. http://www.geocities.com/gavinpetition The Cuban Missile Crisis...the Berlin show-down...the Fulda Gap... Germany...Vietnam...Ap Bac...saving the surrounded Aussies in the nick of time at Long Tan, stopping the VC/NVA at Tan Son Nhut Air Base...busting up the Tet Offensive...retaking Saigon...driving deep into Cambodia...Laos...Africa...destroying MIGs and rescuing hostages at Entebbe...plowing through a school to rescue children for the Dutch Royal Marines...the Middle East...taking down Noriega in Panama...making peace in the Balkans...freeing Kuwait...defending Saudi Arabia...leading the way into Baghdad...holding us together in Iraq...making it safe in Afghanistan---the M113 Gavin kicks ass wherever its sent and the smart armies of the world put their money and their national security on their M113s. The full potential of the M113 Gavin has yet to be exploited to create Air-Mech-Strike light mechanized 3D maneuver infantry: when the U.S. decides to stop playing with "terra-ists" and put an end to the taking other's oil racket, the Gavins will be ready to put an end to the look-at-me-I-killed-some-civilians racket, too. http://www.combatreform2.com/m113combat.htm There's NOTHING wheels can do that tracks cannot do better and there's a whole hell of a lot things tracks can do that wheels CAN'T DO AT ALL. Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (more) (Less)

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M113 Gavin Light Tank with High Velocity Gun Blasts ...

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00:23,

2008-03-05 05:15:37

Description: Unlike high center-of-gravity wheeled trucks like LAVs/Strykers that struggle to even fire a cannon without tipping over, the low CG M113 Gavin can easily fit large-caliber guns and stillremain C-130 (More)

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Australian M113 Gavins Save the Day in East Timor!

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03:06,

2008-02-12 12:50:23

Description: While Clinton's U.S. Army Chief of Staff Shinseki's ("Ski") minions TALKED about C-130 air-transportable strategic contingency forces since the bloated LAV-IIIs they bought based (More) While Clinton's U.S. Army Chief of Staff Shinseki's ("Ski") minions TALKED about C-130 air-transportable strategic contingency forces since the bloated LAV-IIIs they bought based on prejudices, pork and pride can't fly combat loaded anywhere by Herks, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal Australian Armored Corps (RAAC) and their superb light infantry were DOING crisis response with C-130s and M113 Gavins to save the day in East Timor. http://www.combatreform.com/m113combat.htm The 28% space/weight inefficiency of the wheeled truck had bitten the wheeled trucktards in-the-ass and a couple years later even the stripped down Stryker couldn't fly by C-130s to southern Afghanistan after the Rangers jumped in. The common sense EUCOM Commanding General Meigs offered to fly in his Immediate Ready Force-Medium's (IRF-M) weight/space efficient tracked M113 Gavins http://www.geocities.com/wheelsvstracks ...of course the wheeled truck racketeer Ski would have none of that! "I don't want anyone to see M113s rolling off the backs of C-130s" was his direct quote to a HQDA staffer. So much for selfless service to the nation! Army budget pork scams to Congress come first. So scratch any light tracked, mobile force being flown in rapidly and fanning out to block OBL's escape routes into Pakistan! Instead a showy fly-in of foot-slogger gyrenes was done to pretend like we were doing something when really the Northern Alliance with Russian-supplied light and medium tracked armor was doing the work of ousting the Taliban regime. But "Afghanistan isn't tank country!" the light foot sloggers may cry. Planet Earth and the laws of physics "didn't get their memo" on pet mission prejudices and LIGHT TANKS/APCs are mobile in CLOSED TERRAIN that is steep, rocky and vegetated. Since most of Afghanistan is OPEN TERRAIN in the valleys that is most definitely medium to heavy "tank country" as our NATO allies have learned: http://www.geocities.com/armorhistory We are without excuse. Our Australian allies have retaught us with our own M113s why General Gavin created the "Airborne Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Family" in the first place: to fly by C-130s! Duhh. Want to know more about 3D Airborne Maneuver Warfare? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (Less)

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Mountain Warfare M113 Gavins with 120mm Mortars dynm...

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02:41,

2008-01-03 05:21:15

Description: The Swiss are the world's experts at Mountain Warfare (MW). They know that in MW, RANGE is everything; a lesson the U.S. Army hasn't heeded yet and the ad hoc con-artist marines never will. (More) The Swiss are the world's experts at Mountain Warfare (MW). They know that in MW, RANGE is everything; a lesson the U.S. Army hasn't heeded yet and the ad hoc con-artist marines never will. Direct-Fire weaponry even if a tank main gun to 4 km may not be able to have any effects upon rebels more distant and/or hiding behind terrain below the line-of-sight. The M113 Gavin with 120mm mortar can not only reach out beyond 7 kms, it can drop down into dead spaces where the enemy thinks he may be safe. By being a LIGHT tank chassis with low ground pressure, M113 Gavins can be there wherever the walking infantry goes and fire immediately FROM THE CARRIER devastating heavy 120mm mortar bombs upon hit & run rebels--ground-mounted 120mms back at the FOB are inadequate. We have to take the fight to the enemy, and not be foot-slogger, bullet-sponge victims as we do it. http://www.combatreform.com/120mortars.htm The only problem is the light infantry narcissist egomaniacs have to want the help--other NATO armies like the Dutch, Brits and Canadians are willing to use tracks http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=99E172661D4DE351 ...but the American 10th Mountain Division to date has only half-heartedly lived up to its mandate to be a MW fighting unit. http://www.combatreform.com/realmountaindivision.htm And let's not forget the GUIDED 120mm mortar bombs available that could enable mobile forces to HIT ONLY THE BAD GUYS--not the innocent civilians that our current immoral and incompetent air strikes by too-fast fighter-bombers without Airborne Forward Air Controllers (AFACs) mentality does that is infuriating the Afghan populace against the NATO mission. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZKiuZkSHdI NATO commanders should tell the U.S. to mend its ways, get into M113 Gavin light tracks, some with 120mm mortars, get some observation/attack aircraft AFACs overhead or send them home as they are doing more damage than good. http://www.combatreform.com/johnpaulvann.htm How is a road-bound, high ground pressure, "new" Stryker truck that drives into land mines constantly and cannot fire its 120mm mortar from inside its hull better than a low ground pressure M113 Gavin that is more mobile, can go cross-country at will and fire its mortar immediately from inside its hull with armor protection? Its not, Stryker trucks suck in ALL categories; mobility, protection and firepower and need to be given to MPs for limited tasks so our infantry is not incinerated in them. Does the laws of physics bend according to how many times the earth revolves around the sun? No, they do not. What matters is FUNCTION IN REALITY--not how French avant garde' "sexy" and "new" something appears; the only "newness" the U.S. military needs is to acquire COMMON SENSE. Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (Less)

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M113 Gavins THUNDER RUN! battle their way into Baghdad

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01:10,

2008-04-30 17:00:57

Description: Nation-State War (NSW) combat footage of U.S. Army Soldiers in M113 Gavins fighting on the way to Baghdad in April 2003, showcases the 360 degree firepower of infantry standing up through the open top (More) Nation-State War (NSW) combat footage of U.S. Army Soldiers in M113 Gavins fighting on the way to Baghdad in April 2003, showcases the 360 degree firepower of infantry standing up through the open top cargo hatch firing their rifles, grenade launchers and machine guns just like the climax of the movie THE DIRTY DOZEN--except this time its for REAL! http://www.combatreform.com/thunderrun.htm Where are the GUNSHIELDS like Israeli M113 Zeldas have? We have known that ALL armored vehicles should have them since the 1963 Vietnam battle of Ap Bac..WTFO? What about all the MILES laser tag casualties suffered in mock war games over the years? Didn't this teach us anything, either? Or is gunshields "too war-like" for our pussified garrison Army? Watch how fast the gunshields, armor and armament comes off our vehicles once the occupation of Iraq winds down! The dumb marines are already cutting back on the MRAP truck purchases forced on them by an adult Congress that doesn't want Americans coming home in body bags: http://www.combatreform.com/marinesrefusetoarmor.htm The lack of gunshields on our M113 Gavins in the 3rd ID (M) shown in this video is more proof of Army qualitative neglect due to Stryker truck madness hogging up all the funds beginning in 1999. http://www.geocities.com/armorhistory/trackedvehicleupgrades.htm The greatest tank of all time--the M113 Gavin---saves the day yet again--even with all the Army's monies going to crap Stryker trucks whose air-filled rubber tires couldn't have even made it through Iraqi fires to reach Baghdad--some Gavins had to be driven all 350 miles from Kuwait SHORT-TRACKED--trucktards have no idea what this is-- because they are too busy lying about tracks which they have no experience on. Ask a LAVoidiot or Strykerimbecile what "Short tracking" is. Experience their ignorance, "feel" their pain of the suction drawing hard on the emptiness between their ears.... http://www.combatreform/m113combat.htm Despite having no spare parts and no corrupt civilian contractor pampering, the M113 Gavins enabled the 3rd ID (M) to traverse a cross-country maneuver axis as an all-tracked, blitzkrieg force and hit the enemy with unexpected force to reach Baghdad first on April 3rd--the 75% wheeled truck marines were severely mauled by mere Iraqi rear guards with rifles and RPGs and were 6 days late reaching their assigned sector in east Baghdad--after the Army mech forces had collapsed Iraqi resistance so the gyrenes could make it there. An all-wheeled clusterfuck--Army or marine wouldn't have made it to Baghdad; had we been as FUBAR as the wheeled trucktards want is to be today, Saddam would still be dictator-in-chief in Iraq. The failures of the wheeled foot-slogger riflemen egomaniac USMC at Nasiriyah had they not been compensated by the tracked Army's advance in the west unhinging Iraqi resistance, could have empowered the Iraqis to resist bitterly--instead of surrendering in the face of Army tank power focused into THUNDER RUNS. Had it not been for Army men in tracks, the Iraqi invasion would have failed despite all the "RMA" firepower in the world. http://www.geocities.com/armorhistory As it was, the USMC's AWOL/UA failures enabled Saddam and loyalists to escape under their very noses to start a rebellion against us in Tikrit; an insurgency that continues to today. Not being properly track-mechanized has strategic, operational, tactical and technical consequences---this is way over the heads of the trucktards and marines to fathom (like the naval term?) which is why we need to 100 mph (duct) tape their mouths shut so we don't have to hear their Oprah-style victim whining "how bad they had it" occupying Iraq with wheeled trucks that constantly drive into rebel road land mines in the aftermath of the nation-state war victory earned by Army Soldiers in TRACKS. http://www.geocities.com/armorhistory (Less)

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M113 Gavin Visual, Infared and Radar Camouflage by Saab

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03:58,

2008-05-27 09:02:20

Description: If we were not wasting $$BILLIONS reinventing the wheeled truck and having it get blown up on roads we'd already have NEW CAPABILITIES for our M113 Gavin tracks--like visual, infared (More) If we were not wasting $$BILLIONS reinventing the wheeled truck and having it get blown up on roads we'd already have NEW CAPABILITIES for our M113 Gavin tracks--like visual, infared "thermal", and radar camouflage for when moving as well as roll-down camo when stationary: http://www.combatreform.com/saabbarracudacamo.pdf Notice Saab Barracuda also has infared camouflage suits and 2-man self-standing tents for dismount infantry! http://www.combatreform.com/camie.htm This video shows the mobile camouflage system (MCS) by Barracuda which can be easily applied to our very small M113 Gavins to make them even more excellent cavalry scout and light infantry-carrying tanks. http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=0E16A4FB15A2B484 Saab Barracuda http://www.saabgroup.com/en/Contacts/saab_barracuda.htm Headquarters Sweden Hammarsvägen 1 SE-594 32 Gamleby, Sweden Visiting address: Hammarsvägen 1 Phone: +46 493 148 00 Fax: +46 493 120 64 http://www.saabgroup.com/en/_functions/MailForm?office=64 Saab Barracuda LLC United States 608 East McNeill Street NC 27546 Lillington, United States Phone: (910) 893-2094 Fax: 8807 http://www.saabgroup.com/en/_functions/MailForm?office=67 MCS is designed to protect armored vehicles during movement and in combat. The system utilizes different materials, for camouflage in the visual/near Infrared, thermal, and radar wavebands. Further enhancement of the system includes the application of heat transfer reduction materials, to conceal the heating of the vehicle by solar radiation. The general approach of the MCS is to hide glossy or flat surfaces into non-glossy 3 dimensional surface structures, with color and near infrared values similar to the environmental condition of the region. Significantly recognizable parts of the vehicle, such as turret shapes and gun will also be concealed with contour disrupters. An ideal camouflage will also obstruct laser reflections to affect the enemy's range measurement accuracy. The thermal and radar camouflage contributes to the elimination thermal or radar locking of heat seeking missiles and obstruct and disrupt target detection and tracking by ground or aerial weapons. Radar camouflage will also eliminate the detection by synthetic aperture radar. The MCS incorporates Barracuda's Heat Transfer Reduction (HTR) concept which reduces solar loading on the surface of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) by more than 50%. The HTR system consists of a bottom layer of material with significant insulating and heat resistance properties, on top of which is a special reflective layer to minimize heat radiation. The top layer consists of a camouflage net made of COVCAM material, which, along with providing the appropriate visual image suited to the operating environment, provides improved visual and near infrared properties and convection heat loss. The MCS is fitted only to the turret top, front and sides, and hull frontal arc - not over the exhaust outlets and engine compartment, the principal source of most AFV "hot spots" which means signature reduction exhaust means need to be developed. http://www.google.com/patents?id=JKEVAAAAEBAJ&dq=vehicle+heat+signature It is completely passive in nature and requires no crew maintenance, being securely fixed to the vehicle. Once removed, the MCS can be refitted by the crew within one hour. (Less)

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M113 Gavin Passive Armor Applique' by RAFAEL

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01:52,

2008-05-20 14:18:40

Description: The amazing M113 Gavin by virtue of it being TRACKED has intrinsically a 28% greater potential for extra armoring, armament and mobility enhancers than ANY wheeled truck: (More) The amazing M113 Gavin by virtue of it being TRACKED has intrinsically a 28% greater potential for extra armoring, armament and mobility enhancers than ANY wheeled truck: http://www.geocities.com/wheelsvstracks Moreover, because its an aluminum alloy armored hull it can have another 66% greater amount of armor applique' added than a similar thin but heavy steel hulled vehicle--this totals to roughly 100% greater armor potential on a M113 Gavin than any wheeled truck made of thin steel like the LAV/Stryker/Piranha deathraps which are handicapped by their wheels with high ground pressures restricted to roads where they will meet their hull armor overmatch demise. http://www.combatreform.com/strykerhorrors.htm Simply put, the M113 Gavin is the greatest infantry-carrying and weapons platform, light tank of all time, EVER. http://www.combatreform.com/m113combat.htm The Best Tank for Closed Terrain COIN: the M113 Gavin http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0351252 Accession Number : AD0351252 Title : MECHANIZED RIFLE TROOP (M-113) Corporate Author : ARMY CONCEPT TEAM IN VIETNAM APO SAN FRANCISCO 96384 Personal Author(s) : Godwin, Norman A. ; Scheumann, Marcus C. Report Date : 25 JUN 1964 Pagination or Media Count : 1 Abstract : Organization, operations, and vehicle performance of M-113 armored personnel carrier-equipment mechanized rifle troops of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) were evaluated during counterinsurgency operations from 1 February 1963 to 31 March 1964 in the Republic of Vietnam. Troops were observed as they engaged in training, maintenance, and combat operations in each of the four corps tactical zones of South Vietnam. It was found that the ARVN mechanized rifle troop, with the exception of the support platoon, was well-organized and equipped for counterinsurgency operations. The evaluation revealed that the M-113 armored personnel carrier (APC) can fulfill the assault vehicle or tank role in counterinsurgency operations such as those conducted in the Republic of Vietnam when the insurgents have no armor and limited antiarmor capability. Optimum tactics and techniques for mechanized rifle troops were not determined. However, these units were most successful when employed offensively. The ARVN mechanized rifle troops can successfully perform amphibious operations in light surf, and can negotiate inundated areas in the RVN. A self-recovery means and other expedients are required for the M-113 when operating in terrain such as found in the delta region of Vietnam. The APC operated best in the relatively open, inundated areas of the delta and coastal lowlands. (Author) Descriptors : *COUNTERINSURGENCY, *PASSENGER VEHICLES, VIETNAM, VIETNAM, ARMORED VEHICLES, MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN), FEASIBILITY STUDIES, TERRAIN. Subject Categories : UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE (Less)

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Turkish M113 Gavin AIFVs in SNC combat in Somalia & ...

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04:58,

2008-04-29 15:12:27

Description: http://www.combatreform.com/m113combat.htm For Sub-National Conflicts (SNCs) the peacemakers or peacekeepers cannot afford to be easily blown up and bled to leave by being stupid in wheeled trucks. (More) http://www.combatreform.com/m113combat.htm For Sub-National Conflicts (SNCs) the peacemakers or peacekeepers cannot afford to be easily blown up and bled to leave by being stupid in wheeled trucks. http://www.combatreform.com/johnpaulvann.htm STRENGTH means avoiding roads/trails/streets so as to NOT BE SEEN by the locals when moving so they are not constantly irritated by our presence and to avoid the cheap and easy ambush by rebels and trouble-makers. If a fight cannot be avoided, the TANK can withstand the attack and maneuver in the face of enemy fires to ambush the ambushers. The goal in a SNC is to SMOTHER violence not incite it by obnoxious foreigners driving around in wheeled trucks wearing arrogant sun glasses. The Best Tank for Closed Terrain COIN: the M113 Gavin http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0351252 Accession Number : AD0351252 Title : MECHANIZED RIFLE TROOP (M-113) Corporate Author : ARMY CONCEPT TEAM IN VIETNAM APO SAN FRANCISCO 96384 Personal Author(s) : Godwin, Norman A. ; Scheumann, Marcus C. Report Date : 25 JUN 1964 Pagination or Media Count : 1 Abstract : Organization, operations, and vehicle performance of M-113 armored personnel carrier-equipment mechanized rifle troops of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) were evaluated during counterinsurgency operations from 1 February 1963 to 31 March 1964 in the Republic of Vietnam. Troops were observed as they engaged in training, maintenance, and combat operations in each of the four corps tactical zones of South Vietnam. It was found that the ARVN mechanized rifle troop, with the exception of the support platoon, was well-organized and equipped for counterinsurgency operations. The evaluation revealed that the M-113 armored personnel carrier (APC) can fulfill the assault vehicle or tank role in counterinsurgency operations such as those conducted in the Republic of Vietnam when the insurgents have no armor and limited antiarmor capability. Optimum tactics and techniques for mechanized rifle troops were not determined. However, these units were most successful when employed offensively. The ARVN mechanized rifle troops can successfully perform amphibious operations in light surf, and can negotiate inundated areas in the RVN. A self-recovery means and other expedients are required for the M-113 when operating in terrain such as found in the delta region of Vietnam. The APC operated best in the relatively open, inundated areas of the delta and coastal lowlands. (Author) Descriptors : *COUNTERINSURGENCY, *PASSENGER VEHICLES, VIETNAM, VIETNAM, ARMORED VEHICLES, MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN), FEASIBILITY STUDIES, TERRAIN. Subject Categories : UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BoarHawg writes: "I was a 19D Scout for 11 years, the first six on 113s, then the piece of s**t Brads. For Scouts, it couldn't get worse than the Bradley....too big, too heavy, too loud, too complex, and too slow to keep up with the M1s it's supposed to support. A 113A3 runs rings around it, the only advantage a Brad has is firepower, but if you're a bigger target than a tank without the armor to take hits like a tank, a Brad's firepower doesn't mean a thing." Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (more) (Less)

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Mercedes Benz M113 5.5 AMG V8 engine assembly

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04:36,

2008-04-02 21:13:17

Description: German language overview of the hand assembly in Germany of the Mercedes-Benz x55 AMG motor. The M113 5.5 ML is a supercharged and twin-intercooled version of the 5.4 L (5439 cc) M113 E55. Output is 4 (More)

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Bimec M113

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09:19,

2008-04-17 13:30:50

Description: video de Santa Margarida com exercícios de treino dos condutores de m113

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Tags: M113 Militar Santa Margarida

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M113 Gavin Pedestal TOW ATGM Long-Distance Firing dy...

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00:41,

2008-01-26 21:00:21

Description: Re-equipping Light Infantry Battalion "Delta" Weapons Companies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMp7iEtc_i0 with M113 Gavins can easily be done in a matter of days: not only can .50 (More)

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Tags: all-terrain ATGM Gavins infantry light M113 mobility TOW

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