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Originally Posted by Air.177
TR - I readily admit that you have significantly more experience with these matters than I do, but don't the Israelis use M113s and variants with good results in their military? They have the advantage of not having to transport them by air, which could be why they are able to armor and equip them as they do. Just throwing that out there, not like anything I could have to say would have any impact other than to stir conversation.
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Not throwing stones, since the decisions to do so are made far above my pay grade, but the Israelis are the recipients of over $7 Billion per year in assorted aid from the US, and since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel more than $83 billion.
Some of that aid is military assistance, which takes the form of hardware. Since they can get surplus equipment like the M-113s at a discount under the military assistance, they take a lot of surplus (and new) US military hardware, like the M-113s.
I am not there, and I am sure that one of our posters who are can correct me, but I suspect that the anti-armor threat in Israeli territory is lower than what we are seeing in the Sunni Triangle. Their security in Israel is a lot better than what we have at this point in Iraq as well.
Just my .02, YMMV.
TR
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