Historical information

M113 family of Armoured vehiclesentered service with Australian Army circa 1955.Technical manuals and User Handbooks were essential equipment for Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) tradesmen permanently attached to Armoured Corps regiments as Light Aid Detachments (LAD) or AFV Workshops and were responsible for repairs and maintenance of a nature beyond the expertise of AFV crewmen and just short of major rebuilds undertaken by Base Workshop detachments.

Significance

Research and historical display value, Part of a collection of workshop manuals and user handbooks relating to equipment on issue to 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles during the latter half of the twentieth century.

Physical description

Green vinyl covered manual 54 pages, bound with metal screws being technical Manual User Handbook Carrier Fire Support, Full Tracked M113A1 ( FS }. Published by Australian Army 17 December 1970

Inscriptions & markings

Ink stamp on title page " 8/13 VMR Regimental Collection "