The M59 was an American armored personnel carrier that entered service in the spring of 1954 replacing the M75. It had three key advantages over the M75:...

United States Army Europe in 1961 to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 APCs. The M113 was first used in combat in April 1962 after the United States...

and could carry 30-34 combat-armed troops. A smaller design based on the M59 APC was also produced as the LVT-6, but only a few were built. The LVTP-5 was...

War. It was replaced in U.S. service by the smaller, cheaper, amphibious M59. The M75s were given as military aid to Belgium, where they were used until...

able to destroy comparable light armored vehicles such as the American M59 APC or the West German HS.30 IFV. The armor was required to protect the crew...

power loader. Cobb designed the dropship, the armored personnel carrier (APC), and exteriors of the colony and its vehicles. The Sulaco's dropship was...

vehicle M2 half-track car M3 half-track M5 half-track M9 half-track M59 (APC) M75 (APC) M114/A1 (full-track) M113 armored personnel carrier M2 Bradley (infantry...

bulldozer G-279 M44 self-propelled howitzer, 155-mm howitzer G-280 M59 (APC) M59-T74 tank recovery vehicle G-281 M74 tank recovery vehicle, medium, (Sherman)...

updated on American armour developments, including having even trialed some M59 APCs during the mid to late 1950s in parallel to the Bobcats development, they...

mobile, sufficiently armed to destroy comparable Western vehicles such as the M59 and the Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30, and allowed embarked infantrymen to fight...

battleship USS Pennsylvania. M4A1(76)W Sherman Tank M60A3 Tank M42A1 Duster M59 APC M114A2 155mm Howitzer 4.5" Howitzer Snyder, Rod (Spring 1999). "Pennsylvanians-At-Arms:...

auto-cannon or a ZU-23-2 BMP-1 APC (under license) BMP-2 APC (under license) Sayyad AFV Boragh APC Rakhsh 4x4 APC Sarir 4x4 APC Hoveyzeh tracked light vehicle...

The US Army established the basic configuration of the tracked APC with the M75 and M59 before it adopted the lighter M113, which could be carried by Lockheed...

were evaluated against the American M59. They were followed by a second series of 11 prototypes, including both APCs and carriers for 81-mm and 107-mm mortars...

Bradley Fighting Vehicle Infantry and Cavalry Fighting Vehicles M1120 Series M59 armored personnel carrier M75 armored personnel carrier M113 armored personnel...

M1 smoke pot: 45  M26 fragmentation grenade and many subvariants: 56–7  M59 and M67 fragmentation grenade: 28  AN/M14 TH3 thermite grenade – Incendiary...

similar to the French AMX-13 VTP, but its unit cost was too high. The US M59 armored personnel carrier was considered too heavy and too tall for the envisioned...

machine gun Fagot anti-tank guided missile SKS carbine Yugoslav version M59/66 Malyutka anti-tank guided missile Strela 2 MANPAD M80 Zolja anti-tank...

M4 Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Selective fire carbine  United States Zastava M59/66 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic carbine  Yugoslavia Mainly used to fire the M60...

rifle Some used as sniper rifles, fitted with ZRAK 4x32 telescopic sight PAP M59/66  Yugoslavia Semi-automatic rifle In large numbers, used as sniper rifles...

fragmentation grenade M1 smoke pot M26 fragmentation grenade and many subvariants M59 and M67 fragmentation grenade M6/M7-series riot control grenades – Used to...

Rifles Zastava M70 Bolt-action Rifle Zastava M48 Semi-automatic rifle Zastava M59/66 Machine guns Zastava M53 Zastava M87 Zastava M84 Zastava M72 Zastava M77...

"Pineapple" fragmentation hand/rifle grenade M26 fragmentation hand grenade M59 "Baseball" hand grenade M61 fragmentation hand grenade M67 fragmentation...

Shotguns Benelli M4  Italy Shotgun 12 gauge Semi-automatic shotgun Carbine M59 PAP  Yugoslavia Carbine 7.62×39mm Used by Slovenian Ceremonial Honor Guard...

inventory for use as a pintle-mounted door gun on helicopters using the M59 armament subsystem. The GAU-15/A, formerly identified as the XM218, is a...

000 men). Among reported U.S. equipment deliveries to Ethiopia were 120 M59 and 39 M75 armored personnel carriers. The Coordinating Committee of the...

picatinny rail) M59 (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – 1959 – semi-automatic carbine – 7.62×39mm: variant of the Soviet SKS carbine) M59/66 (Socialist...

Tanks, M75 and M59 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), the M14 rifle and the M67 recoilless rifle were M60 Series Tanks, M113 Series APCs, the M16 rifle...

full-tracked M51 recovery vehicle, full-track, heavy, 60-ton, 30 mph, 200 mi range M59 armored personnel carrier, full-track, 20-ton, (1955) M59A1 carrier, armored...

(United States; Cold War) M59 armoured personnel carrier (United States; Cold War) M59 6×6 dump truck (United States; Cold War) M59 4×4 utility vehicle (Romania;...