Variants of The M113 Armored Personnel Carrier - Israel

Israel

• Bardehlas (Hebrew for cheetah) - Israeli designation of the M113 APC. The name is rarely used, the M113 is usually referred to as Nagmash (APC).
• Zelda - Upgraded Bardehlas (M113) with Toga armor suite - perforated steel plates mounted on an external frame around the front and sides of the vehicle. A special command version with additional radio equipment and auxiliary power unit also exists. The command version is usually referred to as Nagmash pikud (command APC).
• Classical or Zelda 2 - M113 equipped with reactive armor and armored shields around roof hatches. Was introduced in mid-1990s and saw action in the Southern Lebanon security zone. The added weight of armor led to limited mobility and reliability problems and the vehicle was eventually removed from service.
• Nagman - M113 equipped with Toga armor suite, hexagonal superstructure around the commander's hatch and armored shields on the sides of the rear roof hatch.
• Kasman (Kesem ha-Mangina – The Charm of Music) - An urban warfare / counter insurgency version developed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Equipped with Toga armor suite and big armored superstructure around the roof hatches.
• Kasman Magen or Kasman Meshupar - Upgraded Kasman with modified superstructure and external fuel tanks.
• Giraf - M113 with TOW launcher.
• Hovet, also spelled Chovet - Israeli designation for the M163 VADS.
• Machbet - An Israeli upgrade of the M163 VADS. In addition to the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, armed with 4-tubes FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile launcher.
• Hatap, also spelled Chatap - A field repair vehicle for carrying spare part and equipment specific to the vehicles its tasked to support.
• Mugaf - Israeli designation of the M577 command post carrier.
• Alfa - Israeli designation of the M548 cargo carrier.
• Shilem - Unarmored vehicle equipped with EL-M-2310 radar for artillery forces.
• M113 AMEV - Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle. A specifically modified and equipped M113 for use as an armored ambulance.
• M113 HVMS - A prototype armed with a HVMS 60 mm gun in a turret.
• M113 L-VAS - A prototype equipped with Light Vehicle Armour System (L-VAS).
• Urban Fighter - IMI developed modification, with upgraded "Iron Wall" armor, capable of repelling IED and EFP attacks.
• Keshet - 120 mm mortar carrier.

• Shilem radar vehicle.

• Keshet mortar carrier.