Wich is why the Army did away with it for the most part. There are still some in service, but they are usually reserved for training purposes only. In a mechanized infantry company, it's the first sergeants vehicle. The LAV is about the same armor wise as a Bradley. I have been in them when the Marines came to Fort Irwin, Ca. for training. The Marines would bring them into our shop to work on them. The LAV and brad won't take much of a hit either. Small arms won't hurt it, but a tank would destroy it. Which is why Bradley's and tanks fight in tandem. Usually the brad, if it's a scout, will be in front of the tanks and when they make contact with enemy armor, will back off and let the tank do it's job. For infantry, it's a troop carrier and bad ass support by fire platform. It also has a TOW missile launcher to defend against tanks.
On Feb 28, 2013, at 7:08 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yes and a jacketed or ap 7.62 MM round could punch right through the > sides and front of the M-113. I'd prefer something a bit more modern, > like the LAV-III. When I was serving in Europe we just saw the M113 as > a deathtrap. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
