M113 OSV – OPFOR surrogate vehicle (OSV) used to simulate enemy armored personnel carriers in force-on-force training. M113 OSV-T – fitted with a mock turret and used to simulate enemy tanks in force-on-force training.

A U.S. Army M113-OSV of 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, provides overwatch while conducting recon operations during exercise Allied Spirit at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Bavaria, in 2015. The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.

The M113 FOV are marine transportable aboard most general purpose or roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships. The ships must have suitable tiedown points, such as “D” rings or chain lashing anchors.

Oct 12, 2017 · ANAD is completing overhaul of 14 M113A3/BMP-2 Opposing Forces Surrogate Vehicles, also known as OSVs, as well as two of their counterpart M113A3/MBT Main Battle Tanks.

The OSV is a modified version of the M113 Family of Vehicles (FOV) full tracked Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). Modifications include the addition of drive components and related visual modifications (VISMODS).

Nov 25, 2019 · The vehicles currently evaluated under CVE include the: M109A6, M1068A3, M113A3, M992A2, M113 OSV, M60A1 AVLB, M2/M3/M7BFIST FOV, M113 MBT, M48A5 AVLB, M9 ACE, M1A1 FOV, Stryker FOV, M1064A3, M1A2 FOV, M577A3, M88A1/A2, M104 Wolverine and the M1 AVB. The MLRS is inspected under AMCOM’s CVE program. For more information on the TACOM CVE program, contact Aaron Williamson, CVE team leader, at ...

Jan 17, 2020 · The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command's Integrated Logistics Support Center is stepping up its efforts to overhaul all M113 Armored Personnel Carriers and Bradley Fighting Vehicles...

Sep 5, 2016 · The OSV is an M113 armored personnel carrier with exterior modified to give it the appearance of a Russian Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

The M113 is no longer in use as an APC in the United States Forces and US Marines, but in specialized variants, now largely superseded by the M2/M3 Bradley IFVs.

Technical Manual (TM) 9-2350-366-24P-2 Title: OPPOSING FORCES SURROGATE VEHICLE (OSV) M113/BMP-2 (NSN 6920-01-420-4716) (EIC-AUK) AND MAIN BATLE TANK (MBT) M113A3/MBT 2350-01-513-4793 (IEC AFS) TURRET Login to submit a request for this manual.