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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.
FV510 Warrior: FV510 ISC Warrior "Infantry Section Vehicle" ... Oerlikon Contraves Model 204 GK ... Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle"
M113 armored medical evacuation vehicle (AMEV) M548A3 cargo carrier; M577A3 medical vehicle; M901A3 improved TOW vehicle (ITV) M1059A3 Lynx smoke generator carrier (SGC) M1064A3 mortar carrier; M1068A3 standard integrated command post system (SICPS) Carrier (AMPV) Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle – 130 units, LAV-25 – (light armored vehicle ...
The infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) concept evolved directly out of that of the armored personnel carrier (APC). [1] During the Cold War of 1947-1991 armies increasingly fitted heavier and heavier weapons systems on an APC chassis to deliver suppressive fire for infantry debussing from the vehicle's troop compartment. [1]
Cadillac Gage LAV 300, configurable as a self-propelled anti-air vehicle, armoured personnel carrier or anti-tank missile carrier. An armoured Humvee, depending on its configuration, may serve as a reconnaissance vehicle, infantry mobility vehicle or, when equipped with a TOW missile launcher, a light anti-tank vehicle.
The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a group of armoured fighting vehicles developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army. [5] It has suffered serious development and production difficulties. [6] The Ajax is a development of the ASCOD armoured fighting vehicles used by the Spanish Armed Forces and Austrian ...
Armoured fighting vehicles produced in Austria. SPz Ulan (modern, co-development with Spain); Steyr 4K 7FA tracked armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (production from 1977 for Bolivia, Greece (as Leonidas) and Nigeria).
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant in the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefield. At its peak in the 1980s, almost 2,500 vehicles were in use.