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An armoured fighting vehicle (British English) or armored fighting vehicle (American English) (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities. AFVs can be wheeled or tracked.
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Belgium. T15 (World War II) T-13 tank destroyer (World War II) ACG-1 (World War II) Models B1, B2, and B3 (World War II) ACEC Cobra Tracked armoured personnel carrier with diesel electric drive. Five prototypes built by 1985. [4] Cobra Armoured Fighting Vehicle (i.e. light tank) variant built 1987. [5]
List of armoured fighting vehicles by country; List of Sd.Kfz. designations (Germany from 1939) Tanks in the Japanese Army (Japan up to present) List of Polish armoured fighting vehicles; List of tanks of the Soviet Union; List of armoured fighting vehicles of Ukraine; List of tanks of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom up to 1945)
The Warrior incorporates several design features in keeping with the UK's battlefield experience. In particular, there are no firing ports in the hull, in line with British thinking that the role of the armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (APC/IFV) is to carry troops under protection to the objective and then give firepower support when they have disembarked.
AFVs produced in Canada. LAV family of wheeled armoured vehicles: AVGP: Cougar, Grizzly and Husky 6×6 armoured vehicles - based on the MOWAG Piranha; LAV-25 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the United States Marine Corps
A military armored (also spelled armoured) car is a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed escort, and other subordinate battlefield tasks. [1] With the gradual decline of mounted cavalry, armored cars were developed for carrying out duties formerly assigned to light cavalry. [2]
Armoured fighting vehicles of the United Arab Emirates (2 C) Armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom (8 C, 16 P) Armored fighting vehicles of the United States (9 C, 19 P)
During the Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability (FAVS) conference held in November 2023, a representative from the German Army explained that the service intended to field four medium brigades. These brigades were planned to be equipped with new Boxer variants, including a Boxer variant referred to as Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV).