armored personnel carrier

A ground vehicle designed to transport soldiers and equipment into a combat zone.

APCs are fundamentally different from tanks. Generally speaking, APCs have lighter armor (still strong enough to resist bullets and shrapnel) compared to tanks. They have lighter armament because of their focused transport purpose and for the sake of mobility. Most commonly, APCs are armed with machine guns or automatic grenade launchers. It can either have wheels or caterpillar tracks, while tanks are always tracked. Some can be amphibious.

Not only the military, police tactical units also operate it. Sometimes APCs can be utilized as ambulance, especially in battlefield (see post #1085064).

List of APCs

• AAVP-7
• BTR-4 Bucephalus
• BTR-40
• BTR-60
• BTR-80
• BTR-90 Larger version of the BTR-80 vehicle, fitted with a BMP-2 turret.
• M113
• M3 half-track
• Patria Pasi
• Sd. Kfz. 251
• Stryker
• TPz Fuchs
• Type 73
• Type 96 (APC)

See also

• list of ground vehicles

External links

• Wikipedia: Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), a different class of military vehicle which combines the characteristics of APC and tanks.
• Wikipedia: Armoured personnel carrier

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