M113 Armored Personnel Carrier - Operators

Operators

  • Afghanistan: 63
  • Albania: 130
  • Argentina: 580
  • Australia (Australian Army): 700
  • Bahrain: 239 (est.) US-origin M113A2, 15 US-origin M577A2, 3 Netherlands-origin M577A1
  • Bangladesh (Bangladesh Army): 10 in active service
  • Belgium (Belgian Army): 500
  • Benin: 16 (former Belgian)
  • Bolivia: (Bolivian Army): 50
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: 80
  • Brazil: Brazilian Army: 584; Brazilian Marine Corps: 29
  • Canada: 289 (Canadian Army) - 1,143 Purchased from the mid-1960s through the 1990s. Mostly declared surplus. 289 to be upgraded to various configurations and retained until 2020.
  • Chile (Chilean Army): 427
  • Colombia: 120
  • Cyprus: 8 (one captured example marked "239943")
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: 12
  • Denmark: 632 (Designated PMV, Pansret Mandskabsvogn, literally translated to APC. All heavily modified. The M113 is slowly being replaced in the mechanized infantry by the MK35DK.)
  • Ecuador: 20
  • Egypt: 2,950
  • El Salvador: 20
  • Ethiopia: 110
  • Greece: Over 2,500 (1,800+ M113A1/A2 APC, 256 M106A1/A2, 280+ M901A1/A2 ITV, 198 M577A2, 50 M113A1 MEDEVAC
  • Iran (Iranian Army): 200
  • Iraq (Iraqi Army): 283, plus a recent order for 440 refurbished M113A2s. It has been suggested that Iraq intends to buy a fleet of 1026.
  • Israel (Israeli Defence Forces): 6,131
  • Italy (Italian Army), (Carabinieri): 3,000+ (Slowly being replaced by the Dardo IFV and Lince VTML)
  • Jordan: 1300
  • South Korea (South Korean Army): 400
  • Kuwait: 80
  • Lebanon (Lebanese Army): 1100+
  • Libya: One M577 converted to IFV with added 2A28 Grom turret taken from BMP-1.
  • Lithuania (Lithuanian Land Force): 210 (as of 2008). Overall 361 items were transferred from Germany between 2000 and 2006.
  • Morocco: 1,200
  • Republic of Macedonia: 30
  • Netherlands (Royal Netherlands Army), (Royal Marechaussee): replaced with YPR-765
  • New Zealand (New Zealand Army): 120 (replaced with NZLAV lll)
  • Norway (Norwegian Army): 900
  • Pakistan: 1,600+
  • Peru: 130
  • Philippines:Philippine Army: 100+
  • Poland (Polish Land Forces): 35 (command and medical evacuation variants)
  • Portugal (Portuguese Army): 180 M113A1/A2 APC (150 in service), 4 M901 ITV, 30 M48A3 Chaparral (25 in service), 47 M577A2 (36 in service as command vehicles and 3 in service as ambulance vehicles)
  • Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabian Army), (Saudi National Guard): 3,000
  • Singapore (Singapore Armed Forces): 1,200 (being replaced by Bionix AFVs)
  • Spain: 860 (being replaced by the Pizarro IFV)
  • Sweden: 1 (for evaluation)
  • Switzerland: 400
  • Republic of China (Taiwan) (Republic of China Army): 675
  • Thailand: 385
  • Tunisia: 120
  • Turkey: 3,000+ (slowly replacing with ACV-300)
  • United Nations: 6 (used in the Congo 1963–1964)
  • United States: 6000
The M113 is also used by NASA for emergency evacuation of astronauts during a launch pad emergency, as well as some police SWAT units, like the Phoenix, Arizona police department.
  • Uruguay: 24
  • Vietnam: 750
  • Yemen: 670

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