weapons carrier

American  

noun

Military.

1. a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.

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Etymology

Origin of weapons carrier

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

His legislation would require a concealed weapons carrier to be at least 21, require disclosure of all prior arrests, convictions and restraining orders, and mandate in-person interviews, psychiatric evaluations and character references.

From Los Angeles Times

The report states that “IM-SHORAD is the Army's ‘initial’ solution, and new weapons systems and weapons carriers might be incorporated into future variants.”

From Fox News

Lawmakers on the committee questioned whether the legislation would make schools safer considering that such a concealed weapons carrier could decline to tell a school principal about the weapon.

From Seattle Times

This, “weapons carriers”, “the armed opposition” and simply “those people” are all phrases people use to refer to the rebel groups.

From The Guardian

We trundled around the northwestern portion of the island, looking for monk seals in a battered, Korean War-era weapons carrier, a kind of truck, with wooden planks for benches.

From New York Times