Armored personnel carriers like the M113 are designed to carry infantry troops across modern battlefields alongside tanks. They can be equipped with a range of weapons: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, antitank missiles or even large cannons similar to those mounted on tanks. It’s not clear what weapons, if any, will be on the Texas Guard’s M113s at the border.
The U.S. has sent 200 of the aging vehicles to Ukraine to support that country’s fight against invading Russians. "For [Abbott] it’s easy to say there’s an invasion, and send troops to the border with a potential consequence of a major situation of human rights violations," García said.
What’s the point? It’s not like that’s going to scare the people that are migrating here. They’re looking for a better life here nothing’s going to stop them. No walls, no border patrol, is stopping them. They’re going to keep trying. They’re not gonna give up.