![]() The M-113 with its M-2 heavy machine gun is less heavily armed than are the BMP-1 and BMP-2, respectively fitted with 73-millimeter and 30-millimeter cannons. The Ukrainians so far have written off at least 14 M-113s.Īs Ukrainian brigades swap out ex-Soviet equipment such as BMP-1 and BMP-2 fighting vehicles for M-113s, the brigades’ capabilities change. With 1,500 M-113s, the Ukrainian army should be able to equip a dozen or more brigades, maintain an M-113 schoolhouse and also replace combat losses for months if not years. The M-113s generally equip the infantry battalions in mechanized brigades-in particular, the six new mechanized brigades the Ukrainian army has formed since the Russian invasion in February. The United States alone is sending 200 M-113s-and could offer many hundreds more, if Ukraine requires them. Ukraine’s allies since February have pledged to Ukraine no fewer than 4,500 wheeled and tracked vehicles, including more than 1,500 M-113s. That makes donations of well-maintained, if old, Western vehicles all the more important. It can take weeks or months for Ukrainian technicians to restore a captured Russian vehicle. ![]() Not just from battle-damage, but also from years of sloppy maintenance by unhappy Russian conscripts and corrupt contractors. By and large, the ex-Russian vehicles are in bad shape. ![]()
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