Italy just shipped 400 M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. Four hundred. Yes, the Cold War’s favorite aluminum shoebox is rolling east to face off against the Russian army. Hey friends, Wes O’Donnell here, Army and Air Force vet, journalist, and guy who’s been yelling about the M113’s obsolescence for years. And yet… here we are. But the genius of the Ukrainians is found in what they can turn these APCs into. In this video, I break down why this matters and how something as outdated as the M113 could actually become useful in the brutal, logistics-heavy war Ukraine is fighting.