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armored personnel carrier

American  

noun

  1. a tracked military vehicle with a steel or aluminum hull used to transport troops in combat and usually fitted with light armament. APC


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Its correspondent said military and law enforcement personnel were seen on the streets, with at least one armored personnel carrier and aerial patrols.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Commanders and soldiers, some with camouflage buffs pulled over their faces, stood toting machine guns before an armored personnel carrier they said they had captured and driven out of Russia.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Ryder said the newly arriving group of Ukrainian troops will get training on the Paladin and the Stryker, an armored personnel carrier.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

They can see every movement of every Russian tank, armored personnel carrier, and resupply truck, and see what is loaded on every flatbed railroad car headed from Russia into eastern Ukraine.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023

The armored personnel carrier drivers were there to take them farther into the jungle and warned them about the intense action they’d been experiencing.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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