IDF modifies old M113 APC, giving it ability
to carry four tons of supplies to soldiers in the field without
endangering lives • Vehicle is operated remotely, can travel up to 50
kilometers per hour • IDF officer: We really broke ground with this.
Lilach Shoval
The unmanned APC
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Photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit  |
During Operation Protective Edge, the Israel
Defense Forces used a unmanned armored personnel carrier, a first in
history. The vehicle was used to deliver supplies to soldiers on the
battlefield.
"This is history," Lt. Avidav Goldstein, the
head of the IDF's unmanned vehicle unit, said. "I feel we really broke
ground in this realm. This is the first time in history, throughout the
world, that such a thing has been done."
The IDF modified an old M113 APC (the type of
APC in which seven Golani Brigade soldiers were killed by an anti-tank
missile in Shujaiyya), giving it the ability to carry several tons of
supplies to soldiers in the field without endangering lives.
The unmanned APC can travel 50 kilometers per hour (31
miles per hour) and hold around four tons of equipment. It is operated
remotely by soldiers in a control vehicle, located inside Israel, which
has a steering wheel, pedals and a screen.
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