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Definition of Armored personnel carrier
1. Noun. (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry.
Generic synonyms: Armored Vehicle, Armoured Vehicle
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Armored personnel carrier
1. Noun. An armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Armored Personnel Carrier
Literary usage of Armored personnel carrier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Weapons Transfers and Violations of the Laws of War in Turkey by James Ron (1995)
"According to the government, however, the damage and casualties were caused by
a PKK anti-tank rocket fired at the armored personnel carrier from a PKK ..."
2. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Ivana Nizich (1992)
"We were then taken to an armored personnel carrier, and I thought we were being
... En route, one of the police officers drove the armored personnel carrier ..."
3. Operation Desert Storm: Apache Helicopter Fratricide Incident edited by Barbara J. Cart, William E. McDaniel, E. Randy Stone (1997)
"... Center Administrative and Logistics Operations Center Administrative and
Logistics Communications Network altitude armored personnel carrier 1st Cavalry ..."
4. Drugs of Abuse (1996) edited by Carol Gibson (1996)
"An abandoned Iraqi armored personnel carrier, exterior and interior views . ...
armored personnel carrier."
5. Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau, Voennai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ imeni M.V. Frunze (1996)
"Most Soviet load-bearing equipment and rucksacks were not designed for continuous
field use outside of an armored personnel carrier. The technology was from ..."
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