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 • Jun. 30, 2022

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 • May 8, 2013

Just before dawn, a weapons carrier bounced over scrub-spotted sand dunes to a secret site near the Mediterranean.

From Time Magazine Archive

Army weapons carrier one evening last week, bearing seven off-duty medics of the 186th Field Artillery Batallion.

From Time Magazine Archive

A couple of hundred meters from the house, a weapons carrier purred into position, wheeled to face the house, and stopped, the muted roar of its motor dying to a faint rumble.

From The Best Made Plans by Dongen, H. R. van