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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

Then, he said, they advanced with an armored personnel carrier flanked by about a dozen soldiers.

From New York Times Jun. 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

They hoped to bring vehicles deep enough into the area to retrieve an abandoned Russian armored personnel carrier, the engine of which they planned to salvage.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2022

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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