The Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive the Portuguese armored vehicles M113A2. The delivery of equipment to our country was announced two months ago.
Source: Defense express journalists
Portugal hands over 14 M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, which is 10% of the available number in service.
It is noted that several trucks were spotted at the Portuguese military base, which were transporting two M113 APCs of the M113A1 (A2) model. The photos show at least 8 APCs out of the promised 14.
In total, about 150 M113A1/A2 armored personnel carriers are in service of the Portuguese army. There are also up to fifty armored personnel carriers based on the M113, but for other purposes, including sanitary vehicles.
Thus, there will be more M113 armored personnel carriers in the Armed Forces. Recently it became known that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already mastering the Danish M113G3DK armored personnel carriers.
Uaposition memo: The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.
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