writes:My Team Yankee Soviets have been delayed in reaching the tabletop, so meanwhile I managed to slip a few M-113s off to our friends in Ukraine, Old Guard Painters.
This is the plastic boxed set from Battlefront, and my instructions to the painters were simple: match what's on the box cover! 
As with any project, though, gremlins seem to sneak in! Here's the M-113 with standard .50 cal machinegun:
It's not mentioned on the box or the manufacturer's website, but the sprues in this set allow for another option…
… and the painters gave me two models with this armament! Oh well!
We discussed this on the forum, and if I remember rightly, it's a grenade launcher that was sometimes used.
I use magnetic storage for my models, so I chose to base these models on large Flames of War bases, with LITKO FlexSteel on the bottoms.
I'm sure there are more M-113s in my future, as I can't hold off all the Soviet hordes with one platoon of M1s, one platoon of M-113s, and two Apaches!
I also need to get some actual infantry figures ready for the fight! (I usually do infantry first, but I used the starter boxes this time.)
My usual preference is to have only one vehicle with the commander exposed, but I neglected to tell the painters. Mea culpa.
Soviets coming soon!