combatreform.org/m113combat.htm

1. STOL Airlanding: once the DZ
is secure it becomes an
No refuelling facilities here: C-130s must Assault Zone
carry adequate fuel to return to base
32,000 pounds C-130
payload limit for forward
landing strips
- 37, 796 pounds combat
loaded LAV-III
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(+) LAV-III 5, 796 pounds
too heavy for C-130s
*U.S. Army/DOD LAV-III
specifications:
www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2
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U.S. Army MTMC C-130 air
transport specifications 11-ton M113s AOK for C-130
:www.tea.army.mil/dpe/Aircraft.
htm#C130
airdrop/airland transport
Airlanded M113 AFVs decisive in
1976 IDF Entebbe rescue mission