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Its an Armored Personnel Carrier and, in the 1960, was envisioned as a “battle taxi.” It has thin armor, useful against shrapnel and small arms fire, and was intended to drop troops off close to the front line, then leave.
However, the concept of a battle taxi was quickly surpassed by the idea that a troop transport can provide fire support to its troops. Something like the Russian BTR-60 has a turret with two guns in it, a larger 14.5mm for destroying light armor and cover, and a smaller 7.62mm anti personell gun. So the BTR can provide some covering fire and extra firepower to the troops it delivers and the M113 can’t. The M113 did not have a gun on it, it was literally JUST supposed to deliver troops and thats it. All it had was a hatch that could have a 12.7mm or a 7.62mm weapon on it, and thats it.
Later models of the M113 allowed more modifications like as a mortar vehicle or medical vehicle, one of the best things about the M113 is how easy it is to modify and maintain, since its essentially just a box on tracks.
Protection was decent for the time, it stopped small arms like AKMs and shrapnel from artillery, but it has a thin flat bottom, meaning that any sort of mine is going to obliterate that thing.
Nowadays, the M113 is mostly used as a training vehicle or held behind the front lines as a support vehicle. It still has it’s uses, but its not exactly a good APC. (Mind you, the BTR-60 isn’t exactly good either, it has wheels which cant traverse as much and are damaged easier, and suffers from a lack of protection just like the M113. But both these vehicles were revolutionary for the time.)
If I got any of this incorrect, please let me know, I’m simply an enthusiast for military equipment.