Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Infantry fighting vehicle (Infantry fighting vehicle-IFV) and armored personnel carriers have similar roles, are transporting infantry maneuvering combat with armored vehicles, both ? Infantry fighting vehicle.
The difference is that the infantry fighting vehicle has better protection and greater firepower, allowing infantrymen to fight in the vehicle, which itself can also accompany the infantrymen who get off the vehicle to fight and provide fire support, and the armored personnel carrier is closer to an armored transport vehicle.
Armored personnel carrier
Armored personnel carrier (Armoured personnel carrier-APC), also known as armored personnel carrier, refers to the battlefield delivery of infantry armored vehicles, generally has a high speed, lower protection and combat effectiveness and other characteristics. In addition to transporting infantry, an APC can also transport materiel or supplies, temporarily acting as an armored supply vehicle.
Armored Reconnaissance Car
Armored Reconnaissance Car (Armored Reconnaissance Car), refers to an armored vehicle equipped with reconnaissance equipment, which is faster but more armored than other armored ? China's new wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle.
Vehicles to be thin, mostly used for battlefield reconnaissance, generally can be divided into wheeled and tracked two kinds. The more famous armored reconnaissance vehicles, there are Germany's fox light armored reconnaissance vehicles, bobcat armored reconnaissance vehicles, France's VBC90 reconnaissance vehicles and so on.
Armored Command Post Carrier
Armored Command Post Carrier (ACPC) is a mobile command station with armored protection, providing commanders with support staff officers and other personnel to coordinate matters related to troops. Armored Command Post Carrier is an early truck or trailer based mobile command derived from the structure, the intention is to provide the command unit to move quickly, continue to grasp the situation and give orders and provide some protection. Most APCs are converted from armored personnel carriers (APCs) to expand the interior space to accommodate additional personnel, communications and other equipment. After arriving at the intended command location, some APCs have an additional canopy that extends over the vehicle, further expanding the space available for personnel.
Armored Communications Vehicle
Armored Communications Vehicle refers to an armored vehicle equipped with communications equipment, and is commonly designed in two forms, one is the communications equipment and armored command vehicle combined in the .WZ-721 Armored Communications Vehicle together, and therefore is not purely a communications vehicle. The other is to be used as a ground communication activity relay station to extend the effective distance of radio communication, or to overcome the terrain on the communication of the masking effect, to strengthen the ground between the unit of liaison and information exchange. Currently, few armored vehicles are equipped by national armies, but there are many countries that are equipped with communication vehicles converted from general transportation vehicles to support the communication needs of ground troops.
Armored ambulance
Armored ambulance, refers to the battlefield environment to carry out personnel rescue armored vehicles, generally equipped with only one or two machine guns as a self-defense weapon, protection is also very weak. Mainly used to rescue personnel and transport the seriously wounded to the rear.
Armored minesweeper
Armored minesweeper refers to an armored vehicle equipped with a mine-clearing device to assist ground troops in passing through minefields at an increased speed. Armored minesweepers can be specially designed ? Armored minesweepers can be specially designed to clear mines, or the clearance tool can be attached to the chassis of a general-purpose tank. Both wheeled and tracked minesweepers can be found in the forces of different countries.
Armored mine-clearing vehicles are not used to clear the entire area of mines found, but rather to clear the area into one or more safe lanes for the safe passage of ground troops and vehicles. Cleared mines may be detonated in the process, or moved to a safe location and disposed of separately. As the clearance process, the mine clearance vehicle may touch or detonate other mines or explosives that have not yet been found, the vehicle itself needs special protection for the chassis and undercarriage to avoid being paralyzed by mines or explosives and unable to complete the clearance task.
Armored Bridging Vehicle
Armored Bridging Vehicle refers to an armored vehicle equipped with an axle and its erection and withdrawal devices, mainly used for the rapid erection of bridges, allowing troops to quickly pass through rivers.
Armored Bridging Vehicle
Commonly equipped in the engineering corps. They can be converted from tanks or self-propelled artillery chassis, and some of them retain machine guns for defense.
Police armored vehicles are sometimes used to control demonstrations and protests when they turn into uncontrolled riots or mass violence. They usually feature water cannons, and the windows are specially made to be unbreakable. Most police around the world have armored vehicles to prevent riots.