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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.
Armoured fighting vehicle, any armed combat vehicle protected by armor Armored car (military), a military wheeled armored vehicle; Armored car (valuables), an armored cargo vehicle for transporting valuables; Armored car (VIP), a civilian bullet-proof passenger car or SUV; SWAT vehicle, an armoured vehicle used by specialised police units
F. R. Simms's 1902 Motor War Car, the first armoured car to be built. Another early armoured car of the period was the French Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902, presented at the Salon de l'Automobile et du cycle in Brussels, on 8 March 1902. [7] The vehicle was equipped with a Hotchkiss machine gun, and with 7 mm armour for the gunner.
A V-100 (XM706) Armored Car advertisement showing a turret featuring a minigun The vehicle is equipped with four-wheel drive and uses axles similar to the ones used in the M35 series of trucks. The engine is a gasoline-powered 360-cubic-inch Chrysler V8 , same as in the early gas models of the M113 armored personnel carriers .
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
A VIP armored car is a civilian vehicle with a reinforced structure that is designed to protect its occupants from assaults, bullets and blasts. Armored cars are typically manufactured with bulletproof glass and layers of armor plating , often with a variety of other defensive mechanisms and features to aid the individuals inside.
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