Military vehicle

A military vehicle is a vehicle for land-based military transport and activity, including combat vehicles. These vehicles are designed (or made for) or used a lot by military.[1]

Types of military vehicles
Armoured personnel carrier
An infantry fighting vehicle, which is a kind of Armoured fighting vehicle (picture shows Marder)
Scout vehicle (picture shows a BRDM)
An armoured car is a kind of Armoured fighting vehicle (Picture shows AMX-10RC)
Anti-aircraft weapon with its own propulsion. Gepard in the picture

Combat vehicles
  • Armoured personnel carrier, often has a weapon that is less than 20 millimeters calibre.[2] Some APCs have "30-millimeter guns and anti-tank missiles".[3] APCs are sometimes called battlefield taxi.[4]
  • Infantry fighting vehicle, has at least a "cannon of ... 20 millimeters calibre and sometimes an anti-tank missile launcher".[2] IFV is a kind of armoured fighting vehicle. Those vehicles are used by infantry (or a kind of soldier).
  • Battle tank or tank are names for main battle tank
  • Scout vehicle or reconnaissance vehicle, used for reconnaissance (or a kind of exploring)
  • Anti-aircraft weapon with its own propulsion
  • Self-propelled artillery
  • armoured car, a kind of armoured fighting vehicle
  • Tracked military vehicle
    • Half-track
  • Technical, a kind of Improvised fighting vehicle
  • Gun truck, a kind of improvised fighting vehicle
  • Armoured train and Military draisine, part of Military railways
  • MRAP, a kind of armoured personnel carrier
  • Tank (picture shows Leopard 2A7)
    Tank (picture shows Leopard 2A7)
  • MRAP, a kind of armoured personnel carrier (the picture shows a Cougar HE MRAP being tested with landmines)
    MRAP, a kind of armoured personnel carrier (the picture shows a Cougar HE MRAP being tested with landmines)
  • A half-track (vehicle); The picture shows a front wheel, and a track (farther to the right side of the picture).
    A half-track (vehicle); The picture shows a front wheel, and a track (farther to the right side of the picture).
  • Infantry fighting vehicle (this is a Russian BMP-3 with soldiers on it)
    Infantry fighting vehicle (this is a Russian BMP-3 with soldiers on it)
  • Armoured car (picture shows T17E1 Staghound during World War II)
    Armoured car (picture shows T17E1 Staghound during World War II)
  • Armoured personnel carrier (picture shows M113 in South Vietnam
    Armoured personnel carrier (picture shows M113 in South Vietnam

Non-combat vehicles
    • Military ambulances
    • Amphibious vehicle
    • Float
    • Military bicycle
    • Military engineering vehicle
    • Military light utility vehicle
    • Military motorcycle
    • Off-road military vehicle (related page: off-road vehicle)
    • Recovery vehicle
    • Military trailer
    • Military truck
  • Military ambulance
    Military ambulance
  • This amphibious vehicle, is a kind of military truck
    This amphibious vehicle, is a kind of military truck

Sources
  1. military vehicle definition - TheFreeDictionary By Farlex
  2. Viotti, Paul (2010). Arms Control and Global Security: A Document Guide, Volume 2. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Publishers. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-313-35430-4.
  3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2020/11/25/this-is-not-a-tank-a-laypersons-guide-to-armored-fighting-vehicles/. Retrieved 2023-08-04. "The latest APCs are receiving heavier 30-millimeter guns and anti-tank missiles, blurring the lines between them and IFVs."
  4. https://time.com/6245649/us-bradleys-vehicles-ukraine/. Time. Retrieved 2023-07-16


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