Variants of The M113 Armored Personnel Carrier - Portugal

Portugal

The Portuguese Army operates 150 (of 180 delivered) in the A1 e A2 variants of the basic M113 armored personnel carrier (M113 A1/2 M/76 a 90, or simply, M113). Besides the M113 APC, the Portuguese Army operates, 107 mm mortar carriers, self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems, TOW anti-tank guided missile tank destroyers, ambulance, command and communications variants of M113.

• M577A2 (M577) - The Portuguese Army has operated 47 M577A2 Command Post Carriers, the first ones, were received in late 70s. Currently 39 M577A2 are in service:
  • M577A2 M/81 ACP (M577) - 36 in service, as command vehicles.
  • M577A2 M/85 Ambulance (M577) - 3 in service, as ambulance vehicles.
• M730 / M48A3 (Chaparral) - The Portuguese Army has operated 30 M730 self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems, today it operates 25 vehicles. In service with the Portuguese Army since 1990. Portugal has received initially 30 M730 in the A2 variant and afterwards 4 vehicles in the A3 variant.
• M901 ITV (M901/TOW) - The Portuguese Army has received 4 M901 ITV in 1990 which are still in service. Similar vehicles were made by the Portuguese Army, using the M113A2 APC and the M220 TOW launcher, 30 of these combinations were produced, the major difference between both variants, was in the fact that these vehicles only had 1 missile launcher versus the original vehicle had 2.