An M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) attached to A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, with the call ...

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Accession Number P00510.034
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Burrage, Dallas Lyle
Place made Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat
Date made 1971
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

An M113A1 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) attached to A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, with the call sign four two (42) and called 'THE SANDGROPER'. This FSV was one of several M113A1 APCs fitted with a Saladin turret armed with a 76 mm gun.