NM-142

     Notes:  This Norwegian anti-tank vehicle is an M113A2 with an Armored Launching Turret (ALT) fitted into the passenger bay.  This is the same turret mounted on the TIFV-ATV (see Turkish ATGM Vehicles).  Norway converted 100 of these vehicles.  Also mounted on the turret are four forward-firing smoke grenade launchers. These launchers permit the use of colored smoke or IR screening smoke as well.  The grenades are electrically fired, with a control box on the top of the wall of the engine compartment in front of the commander’s position.

     The engine is the turbocharged 6V53T, which develops 212 horsepower and has an improved cooling system.  The NM-142 has neutral (pivot) steering capability, with the pivot steering handles being located at the front of the driver’s compartment above and in front of the tillers; however, most NM-142s have them disconnected as it was found that the NM-142 easily throws tracks under pivot steering, even when simply turning in place.

     The increased weight of the NM-142 made swimming perilous; the tech manuals say that an NM-142 has a freeboard of 14 inches when fully loaded, but in practice, the freeboard is typically 10 inches or less, and it is quite possible for NM-142s to sink in even moderately choppy water.  For this reason, normal practice is to leave all top hatches of a swimming NM-142 open so that the occupants can quickly escape if the vehicle sinks. In the late 1980s, the amphibious requirement for the NM-142 series was dropped, and the vehicle was to swim only in emergencies. 

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

$250,049

D, A

455 kg

12.25 tons

4

7

Active/Passive IR (D), Image Intensification (G)

Shielded

 

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

136/96

30/20/3

360

124

Trtd

T2

TF4  TS4  TR4  HF6  HS4  HR4

 

Fire Control

Stabilization

Armament

Ammunition

+2

None

2xTOW II Launchers, M-2HB (C)

10xTOW II ATGM, 1000x.50