Armored personnel carrier
a tracked military vehicle with a steel or aluminum hull used to transport troops in combat and usually fitted with light armament.
abbreviation: apc.
contemporary examples
shaul was declared missing after an anti-tank missile hit his armored personnel carrier days earlier.
israel, hamas, whatsapp and hacked phones in the gaza psy-war itay hod july 25, 2014
not far away a couple of soldiers cradled their kalashnikovs as they eyed the action from an armored personnel carrier.
mubarak’s judgment day alastair beach august 2, 2011
i tried going around a different street, and cops on an armored personnel carrier waved me back.
egypt’s government thugs beat me up at the rabaa sit-in mike giglio august 13, 2013
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