Am I opening a can of worms here? I think I am...M113...

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

...to quote a series of television ads "but wait, there's more..."

I soooo better be getting self sharpening steak knives with that!

Given the US pumped out tens of thousands of them and spread them around the place, and given replacement vehicles don't usually come cheap, it's no real surprise they've been adapted, then adapted some more by whoever's had them in service.
I'd imagine if the Soviets hadn't kept such a tight rein on their own client states, we may have seen the same thing happen with the BTR and BMP lines.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I soooo better be getting self sharpening steak knives with that!

Given the US pumped out tens of thousands of them and spread them around the place, and given replacement vehicles don't usually come cheap, it's no real surprise they've been adapted, then adapted some more by whoever's had them in service.
I'd imagine if the Soviets hadn't kept such a tight rein on their own client states, we may have seen the same thing happen with the BTR and BMP lines.

Have you seen the wikipedia page on just the BTR-60? Stepping away from the f/USSR there are a ton of home-grown variants just of that.

[Legbreaker]

Of course, however there appears to be way more of the M113.
Most of the BTR variants appear to incorporate relatively minor alterations while the M113 in many cases is barely recognisable as the same vehicle.

[Fusilier]

Of course the ADATS system is also mounted on the Gavin, as seen here.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by Fusilier

Gavin

Stop that.

It is like picking your nose in public.

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

Stop that.

It is like picking your nose in public.

LOL

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

Stop that.

It is like picking your nose in public.

Yeah, cos women don't mind getting their gear off and they don't mind a bit of perversity but they DO draw the line at nose picking

(the above is a misquote from the movie "The Odd Angry Shot")

[ArmySGT.]

A fine example of two people nominally speaking the same language, and still having no idea at all what was said.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

What's a "Gavin"? Cos that looked like an M113 to me.