FMC responded with an entirely new vehicle, the XM723, based on the machinery of the US Marine Corps LVT-7. It featured a new steel/aluminum laminate armor that protected it against …

XM723 prototype were delivered in December 1972 and many voiced that the MICV–70 requirements needed to be toned down to a simple modification of the M113 already well …

In November 1972, the Army awarded FMC a contract to develop the XM723. This vehicle was similar to the XM765, but had improved armor and speed. It shared components with the …

Feb 10, 2012 · The MICV–70 project led to a purpose-built vehicle, the XM723 MICV, armed with light cannon and a machine gun in a one-man turret, and provided with vision devices and …

In 1973, the FMC Corporation developed and tested the XM723, which was a 21-ton tracked chassis which could accommodate three crew members and eight passengers. [7]

The XM723, another variant of the M113, was designed in 1972 as an infantry fighting vehicle with a nine-person troop carrying capacity, a one-person turret, and 20mm

May 21, 2006 · I am looking for line-drawings of the FMC Corporation’s XM765 AIFV and XM723 AIFV (Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle) developed in response to the U.S Army’s MICV 70 …

It was not until 1972 that the Army signed a contract with FMC Corporation for its XM723 MICV design. Four years later, the Army merged the MICV program with the Armored …

The pre-production XM723 developed in response to the MICV 70 requirements still equipped with the 20mm M139 automatic cannon and coaxial 7.62mm M219 MG. Production models …

From the very start of the Sixties, various prototypes had been built and tested: MICV-65 or XM765 derived from the famous VTT M113 for example, but they were not retained. In 1972, …