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armoured personnel carrier

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development of armoured vehicles

  • A British Warrior mechanized combat vehicle serving in NATO's Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997.
    In armoured vehicle: Armoured personnel carriers

    Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are tracked armoured vehicles that are used for transporting infantry into battle. APCs first appeared in large numbers early in World War II, when the German army adopted them to carry the infantry contingents of their panzer and…

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  • Sumerian phalanx
    In tactics: Continued growth of military technology

    …troops, trucks were replaced by armoured personnel carriers; these gave way in turn to armoured fighting vehicles, from which troops could fight without dismounting and some of which were almost as heavy and expensive as tanks. In the rear services, horse-drawn vehicles, which in both the Soviet and German armies…

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