Armoured Fighting Vehicle
An
armoured fighting vehicle
(
AFV
) is a military
vehicle
, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted
weapons
. Most AFVs are equipped for driving in rugged terrain.
Types of AFVs
Tank
Armoured personnel carrier
(APC)
Infantry fighting vehicle
(IFV)
Assault gun
Anti-tank vehicle
Armoured car
Self-propelled artillery
Anti-aircraft vehicle
Combat engineering vehicle
(CEV)
Armoured recovery vehicle
(ARV)
Armoured train
A civilian truck mounting a weapon is sometimes referred to as a
technical
. A horse-drawn machine gun carrier used in the
Russian Civil War
was called a
tachanka
.
See also
Armoured combat
List of armoured fighting vehicles
Vehicle armour
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