"Australian M113 fire support version Vietnam 20mm." Topic

Hello all,

This is a great war gaming kit from Airfix,
link

Cheers Rich.

That is a nice model. Built a 1/35 Tamiya model of that eons ago, and have liked them ever since.

Doug

I thought it had the turret of the Saladin armoured car – with a 76mm gun.

nice,

I have some research that may be of use

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment was raised on 1st July 1965 as the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) Squadron and was renamed the 3rd Cavalry Regiment on 24th November 1966.

3 cav regt site, a wealth of pictures

sitrep1.tripod.com/cav.htm

check out the images and patches, I also have some names of tracks in troop order,

1 troop A Coy 3 Cav regt

Blood
Sweat
Tears II

2 troop
Tinkerbell

3 troop
"the Good"
"The Bad" 86A (two 30 cals)
"The Ugly"

HQ
9A

Support Coy
FSV Saladin turret 76mm gun
SANDGROPER
DENISE 42A
COMALCO
TINY TEDDY
XXXX
BEWITCHED
BEAST BOTHERED
134711 (UNAMED)

B Sqn 3 cav
1 troop

2 troop
"Denise"
"Shelly"

3 troop
"Cherryboy" 31M
33B "Gaylord"

yet to find which troop
HMAPC "George" (Her Majesties' Armoured Personnel Carrier) "Bukoo Boom Boom" written on the rear (unsure which troop).

M113A1s with T50 turrets.
"Snoopy" and "Bewildered" "The Nympho" " Glen" "Foul Boy"

support troop
M113A1 Fitters vehicle
"Puff the magic dragon" with the army registration number (ARN) 134377 of 106 Field Workshops Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME)

M113A fitted with blade
1st feild Sqn RAE support troop
"STEELE" 92S

talking to some of the guys on Anzac day, will get some more info

and the australian war memorial site
link

Australian Armour
link

digger History
link

a un-usual gun fitted A russian made modified Soviet 25 mm M-1940 anti-aircraft gun

cheers
matt

There were two 'FSV' varients, the FSV (Saladin turret) and the MRV (Scorpion turret). There was also couple of vehicles fitted with a gatling gun for a short period (dropped as this was seen as too much firepower) …
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M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) – Full designation Carrier, Fire Support, Full Track M113A1 (FS) Saladin Turret[1] was a variant fitted with the turret from the Alvis Saladin armored car. The FSV was introduced into Australian Army units in the mid-1960s following the withdrawal of the Saladins and was armed with a 76mm gun, a .30 caliber coaxial machine gun and a .30 caliber machine gun mounted on the roof of the vehicle's turret. The M113 was an interim vehicle and was replaced by the M113 Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle in the late 1970s. It was commonly referred to by Royal Australian Armoured Corps crews as the "Beast".
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M113A1 Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle (MRV) – Full designation Carrier, Fire Support, Full Track M113A1 (FS) Scorpion Turret[1] was an Australian variant similar to the M113 FSV, but using the turret from the FV101 Scorpion light tank, instead of the older turret of the Saladin armoured car, that the FSV had previously used. This turret was equipped with an Image Intensifier site for the main armanent. This II site was the first effective passive night site fitted to an Australian AFV, giving the MRVs a night fighting capability exceeding the Leopard AS1 and all other Australian AFVs of the period. Whilst fully amphibious, the MRV was also fitted with a light sheet metal foam filled trim vane and side pods. These pods and the trim vane were intended to provide additional flotation and stability ion the water, they provided virtually no additional armour protection. Other changes include a modified drivers hatch with pivoted toward the centre line of the vehicle instead of opening to the rear of the drivers hatch, this feature preventing the open drivers hatch being caught of the traversing turret, as well as the fitting of the British "boiling vessel" an electric vessel for boiling water and heating rations. As indicated by the designation change the MRVs were roled as reconnaissance vehicles and issued to the Cavalry (medium reconnaissance) regiments whereas the FSVs were originally issued to APC squadrons and used to provide infantry fire support.

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nice,

I have some research that may be of use

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment was raised on 1st July 1965 as the 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) Squadron and was renamed the 3rd Cavalry Regiment on 24th November 1966.

3 cav regt site, a wealth of pictures

sitrep1.tripod.com/cav.htm

check out the images and patches, I also have some names of tracks in troop order,

A sqn 3 Cav regt
1 troop
12A "HMAPC David, Ben-Gurion 138240
Miss Carriage

2 troop
21A Bronwyn

3 troop
"the Good"
"The Bad" 86A (two 30 cals)
"The Ugly"

HQ
9A Scouts

a good image of 1 troop

B Sqn 3 cav
1 troop

2 troop
"Denise"
"Shelly"

3 troop
"Cherryboy" 31M
33B "Gaylord"

yet to find which troop
HMAPC "George" (Her Majesties' Armoured Personnel Carrier) "Bukoo Boom Boom" written on the rear (unsure which troop).
Blood
Sweat
Tears II
31B "wee Hamish"

M113A1s with T50 turrets.
"Snoopy" and "Bewildered" "The Nympho" " Glen" "Foul Boy"

support Sqn
106 Field Workshops Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME)
M113A1 LAD Fitters vehicles
"Puff the magic dragon" (ARN) 134377
"White Winged Worrier" 98A
"miss Hellfinger" 98B

Fire Support Coy
FSV Saladin turret 76mm gun
SANDGROPER
DENISE 42A
COMALCO
TINY TEDDY
XXXX
BEWITCHED
BEAST BOTHERED
134711 (UNAMED)

M113A fitted with blade
1st feild Sqn RAE support troop
"STEELE" 92S

talking to some of the guys on Anzac day, will get some more info

and the australian war memorial site
link

Australian Armour
link

digger History
link

cheers
matt

WOW! Cheers for the info very usefull indeed.

Cheers Rich.

That is the old JB models kit that Airfix bought the rights to. Great kit, well painted!