Italeri 6753 M113A1 Armored Personnel Carrier 1/35 Scale Plastic Model Kit

Italeri was founded in the early 60s, with that enthusiasm that only the unbridled passion of youth can create. Since they were boys, the two founders of Italeri loved airplanes and military vehicles. Soon they were no longer satisfied with the models available at the time: they wanted something more and better. What they wanted was not available, so they decided to produce it themselves. Their hobby turned into an accurate research, and became the motivating force to produce the models that modelers want, with no imperfections whatsoever. Thus the company asserted itself, always increasing his range of products and growing. Also thanks to the imagination and the talent of the founders and of their colleagues, Italeri in time became a leader in modeling! Item is brand new and in its original factory packaging. Listing images are stock pictures provided by the manufacturer or the distributor. The M113 can be considered one of the most famous APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) in history. It was developed between the late 1950s and early 1960s with the specific purpose of being able to transport a fully armed and equipped infantry squad with a good level of protection as close as possible to the area of operations. In addition to the tactical transfer of the infantry squad, the M113 could offer close support to the troops with the support of the weapons supplied to the vehicle which, in the early versions, was limited to a 12.7 mm Browning M2 machine gun. Used for the first time in Vietnam, it became one of the most widespread armoured vehicles in the world, with over 80,000 units produced. Reliable and robust, with good performance on all types of terrain, it was used, in its various variants, by numerous armed forces.