2023-07-18 16:47:47
Belgium, the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg will cooperate to refurbish M113 armored personnel carriers for Ukraine.
As part of a jointly funded initiative, Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Netherlands will deliver refurbished M113 vehicles from industrial stocks, Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said in a statement on Tuesday. “In the coming months, Ukraine will receive a number of M113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) equipped with a remote-controlled weapon system and mounts for mounting 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine guns. mm. A quantity of spare parts will also be provided” underlines the press release, which does not specify the exact number of machines concerned.
The M113 is a fairly old machine – it first entered service in 1960 – and lightly armored.
The M113 is a tracked vehicle used by many countries and a powerful armored personnel carrier used to transport military personnel in combat situations. It is, however, a fairly old machine. – it entered service for the first time in 1960 – and weakly armored, which was replaced or supplemented in the front line by the armored infantry fighting vehicles (VBCI), better armed and better protected. It was the workhorse of American motorized infantry during the Vietnam War and is currently used by several armies, despite its vulnerability to anti-tank rockets and missiles and mines.
Belgium has owned regarding half a thousand of them, the last of which were withdrawn from service a decade ago. A part is in the possession of the firm OIP, in a warehouse in Tournai. The Netherlands had bought regarding 800 of them. Luxembourg had none in its inventory. The Ukrainian army has already received a number of M113s from other countries. This new announcement is part of the latest aid package for Ukraine adopted a few weeks ago by the federal government.
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