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A military armored car is a type of armored fighting vehicle having wheels (from four to ten large, off-road wheels) instead of tracks, and usually light armor. Armored cars are typically less expensive and on roads have better speed and range than tracked military vehicles.
The 'Type 97 Light armored car Te-Ke (九七式軽装甲車 テケ, Kyū-nana-shiki kei sōkōsha Teke) was a tankette designed as a fast reconnaissance vehicle, [76] and was a replacement for the earlier Type 94 TK. [77] Although the chassis was similar in appearance, the design of the Type 97 was different than the Type 94 in several ...
Soviet dissatisfaction with the BTR-40 in the scout car role led to design work being initiated on a new purpose-built scout car in 1954. [1] The Soviet Army specified an amphibious armored vehicle able to accommodate a crew of five, with a road speed of around 80 kilometres per hour and a road range of at least 500 kilometres. [1]
T9 4×4 armoured car (United States; pre–World War II) T-10 heavy tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) T10 4×2 armoured car (also known as the Palmer Car) (United States; pre–World War II) T11 4×4 armoured car (United States; pre–World War II) T12 4×2 armoured car (United States; pre–World War II) T13 4×4 armoured car (United States; pre ...
Daimler DZVR 21 / Sd.Kfz. 3 – interwar 4 wheel armoured car; Ehrhardt E-V/4 – World War I vehicle; Kfz 13 – interwar 4 wheel light armoured car; Leichter Panzerspähwagen – a series of light 4x4 armoured cars from Nazi Germany; Schwerer Panzerspähwagen – a family of 6x6 and 8x8 heavy armoured cars deployed by Nazi Germany
Ferret Scout Car wheeled (4×4) armoured car; FV721 Fox CVR wheeled (4×4) armoured car; Jackal family of vehicles including Jackal 2 and Coyote 6x6; Sabre tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle; Saladin wheeled (6×6) armoured car; Scorpion tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle; Scimitar tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle
AEC of Southall, England was a manufacturer of truck and bus chassis and its Matador artillery tractor was used for towing medium field and heavy anti-aircraft guns. The armoured car based on the Matador artillery chassis was developed initially as a private venture and a mock-up was shown to officials in 1941 at Horse Guards Parade in London, where it made a favourable impression on Winston ...
An assault gun (from German: Sturmgeschütz, lit. ' storm gun ', meaning "assault gun") [1] [2] is a type of armored infantry support vehicle and self-propelled artillery, mounting an infantry support gun on a protected self-propelled chassis, [3] intended for providing infantry with heavy direct fire support during engagement, especially against other infantry or fortified positions ...