page_title: Variants of the M113 armored personnel carrier
section_title: Switzerland
hierarchical_section_title: Variants of the M113 armored personnel carrier / Military operators / Switzerland
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Uebermittlungspanzer 63 im Militärmuseum Full
context_page_description: A huge number of M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants have been created, ranging from infantry carriers to nuclear missile carriers. The M113 armored personnel carrier has become one of the most prolific armored vehicles of the second half of the 20th century, and continues to serve with armies around the world in many roles.
context_section_description: Schützenpanzer 63 - Designation of the basic M113A1 in Swiss service.
  Schützenpanzer 63/73 - Variant of the SPz 63 with a front float panel (found on the M113A2), as well as a Swedish Hagglunds turret fitted with an Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Kan 48/73.
  Schützenpanzer 63/89 - Upgrade of the SPz 63/73 with additional passive armor, 76mm smoke grenade launchers and RISE power-pack.
  Kommando Schützenpanzer 63 - Command vehicle variant with .50cal machine gun.
  Kommando Schützenpanzer 63/89 - Command version of the SPz 63/89, which retains the 20mm gun turret.
  Kranpanzer 63 - Swiss designator for M579.
  Feuerleitpanzer 63 - Improved command vehicle, specifically designed as a fire control center for mobile artillery units.
  Feuerleitpanzer 63/98 - Upgraded version with INTAFF system (Integriertes Artillerie Führungs- und Feuerleitsystem).
  Geniepanzer 63 - Schützenpanzer 63 fitted with a bulldozer kit.
  Minenwerferpanzer 64 - Swiss variantion of the M106A1 mortar carrier, substituting an Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette 120mm mortar for the previously installed weapon. Swiss M106A1's initially had substituted a Thompson Brandt mortar of 81mm type for the standard 4.2"/107mm M30 mortar found on US models.
  Minenwerferpanzer 64/91 - Upgraded version.
  Minenräumpanzer 63/00 - Mineclearing vehicle, based on the SPz 63/89 and fitted with lightweight mine clearing ploughs. The turret was removed and replaced with an armored work station for the operator.
  Übermittlungspanzer 63 - Signals vehicle.
caption: Übermittlungspanzer 63 with telephone wire drums.
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