Demilled M113A1s in the USA.
For roughly the last 20 years the US government has had a policy of destruction of armoured vehicles rather than selling them through the disposal system as in earlier times. The following pictures show the wastage this policy brings about. You will note in some of the pictures that not even the engines (which are a standard civilian product) have been removed. Instead they too have been scrapped: not a good return on the tax dollar!
What you see here is only the tip of the iceberg so to speak. Normally unwanted vehicles are taken straight out of service (it doesn't matter whether they are worn out or not) and used as range targets, nothing is ever scavenged off them, they often still contain batteries and fuel! Of course the public never gets to see this wastage, but plenty of military personnel do!
As you can see, the vehicles have been "bathtubbed" (cut down to just above track height). The upper armour and missing mechanicals are not in evidence.
This track shot is very interesting. Shortly before it was scrapped this vehicle had a new set of track pads installed. There are 123 of them to each vehicle at a cost of approximately US$15 each! Thus there is $1845 plus labour cost, of tax payers money at a minimum sitting on this wreck. Although it is hard to tell even by looking closely at this picture, the track appears to be within specification and quite usable - more wastage - replacement cost is somewhere between $25 to $40 per link. The road wheels show minimal "chunking" and are themselves quite usable (road wheel rubber is not replacable and thus road wheels are considered a high wear item). Wouldn't you think they would have salvaged components and saved the taxpayer some money?
The rust is of no consequence. Track gets a surface coat of rust within a few days of being put into use.
We are looking at the front of the vehicle, facing to the rear. The vertical piece of gray coloured metal in the centre of the pictue is the corner post of the engine bay. The green vertical post to the right is the drivers seat mount (still with seat pad). The large semi-circular green metal object is a portion of the driver's coaming where the periscopes mount.
Not the same vehicle as above, but this is the view from the opposite direction. Clearly visible are the torsion bars and at lower right the bilge pump.
This one still has an engine and driveline intact.
This engine bay is/was very complete.