"CinC Netherlands 113CA26 Recon - What is this?" Topic

CinC do not have a picture of this vehicle on their site, and I was not able to determine exactly what vehicle this is. My guess is that it may be the YPR-765? Anyone have these in their collection and can let me know for sure what these are? Thanks!

I suspect it's the Lynx, or M113 C&R:

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I know I have some; I'd have to go dig them out to see if they're CinC.

And I suspect that's a pair of typos on the CinC site; Essex (Australia) lists it as "113CR25":

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…which pretty well suggests the Lynx.

Allen

That would seem to make sense. The only thing is that I noticed they do list a Canadian Lynx separately and sell it 5 for $7.00, while the vehicle mentioned is sold 4 for $5.50. Caused me to wonder if they are the same. I will likely just shoot the proprietor an e-mail to see if they can clear it up. Thanks!

That's the M113 Command & Reconnaissance (25mm Cannon Variant). As has been said, it's essentially what the Canadians called the M113 C&R Lynx, but with some fairly major differences:

On the Canadian Lynx, the vehicle commander sits behind the driver and has a pintle-mounted .30 on his hatch, while the gunner sits centrally in a .50 turret. There is no side access door.

On the Dutch M113 C&R, the commander sits on the right of the driver and has no MG. There is an access door on the gunner's right. In the late 70s/early 80s the Dutch upgraded the .50 to a 25mm chain gun, mounted in a 'Marder' style turret.

Did a quick search and found a bit more about the Netherlands version. So it is a Lynx with an upgrade in armament housed in a turreted system. Thanks for the info guys!

As mentioned though, there is a completely different crew/hatch layout compared to the Lynx.