M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
"METAL BOXES" ~ Firaeveus Carron
The M113 is a Armored Personnel used by the United States Military. The M113 was the first vehicle armored entirely with aluminum, enough to stop small arms fire from turning the occupants into bleeding sponges, but not enough to stop anything serious. The M113 is armed with a single .50cal AA Machine gun, the most powerful thing it carries into battle are the 11 mean green fighting machines tucked away in relative safety inside.
Like a certain vehicle in a particular miniature wargame the M113 has been adapted into a staggering number of variants to fill different battlefield rolls.
Both the West Germans and the US can take the M113 in their forces.
In Team Yankee
The M113 is the best transport in Team Yankee. The M113 can carry 3 teams of infantry, one more than almost every other personnel carrier and two more than the British Spartan. The front armor of 3 is the strongest of any box on the box on the field (though don't go taking on Main Battle Tanks in this thing). The side and top armor are rather standard though at 2 and 1 respectively.
The M113 is armed with a .50cal AA machine gun, which can be used to deal with enemy infantry and helicopters. However, you can sacrifice some of your Mech Platoons M47 Dragon teams and mount the Dragon Missiles on the M113s, turning it into a stop gap tank hunter.
You cannot take M113s alone, only as transports for your Mech Platoons. For 4 Points you get 3 M113s, 2 M47 Dragon Teams and 3 M249 SAW/M72 LAW teams. For an additional 2 points, you get one more of each, for a total of 4 M113s 3 M47 Dragon Teams And 4 M249 SAW teams.
IRL
The M113 First entered service in 1960 and has remained in use ever since. Currently over 6000 M113s are in use in the United States, with thousands more in other nations.