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These heavy wagons were given protective sides with firing slits; their heavy firepower came from either a cannon or from a force of hand-gunners and crossbowmen, supported by light cavalry and infantry using pikes and flails. Heavy arquebuses mounted on wagons were called arquebus à croc. These carried a ball of about 3.5 ounces (100 g). [2]
A M2 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle in US service during the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004) A Russian BMP-3 with embarked infantry. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), [1] is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. [2]
In the 1930s, a new sub-class of armored car emerged in the United States, known as the scout car. This was a compact light armored car which was either unarmed or armed only with machine guns for self-defense. [32] Scout cars were designed as purpose-built reconnaissance vehicles for passive observation and intelligence gathering. [32]
A ground combat vehicle, also known as a land assault vehicle or simply a combat vehicle or an assault vehicle, is a land-based military vehicle intended to be used for combat operations. They differ from non-combat military vehicles such as trucks in that they are designed for use in active combat zones, to be used in mechanized warfare and ...
Armored Systems Modernization, a wide-ranging U.S. Army combat vehicle acquisition program cancelled after the end of the Cold War; Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles, a canceled U.S. Army program to replace the IAV and other heavy armor; Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, a U.S. armed forces acquisition program to replace the Humvee
The car carried 96 rounds for the main gun and 4,032 MG rounds in 16 252-round belts. Armoured cars wz. 29. The vehicle was sufficiently armed and armored for the late 1920s, but was underpowered, lacked all-wheel drive (which led to poor off-road mobility) and had high silhouette. Because of these shortcomings, only between 10 and 13 cars were ...
AV-VBL heavy 4×4 armored car; Others. EE-17 Sucuri; EE-18 Sucuri II; Bulgaria. AFVs produced in Bulgaria. ... BCT Ground Combat Vehicle (Cancelled Feb 2014. Intended ...
M1 combat car; Light tank M2; Light tank M3/M5; Light tank (airborne) M22; ... Heavy tank T1/M6; Super-Heavy tank T28 (T95 GMC) Super Heavy T33 (T33-7 HMC Main battle ...