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An armoured personnel carrier ( APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world. According to the definition in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, an APC is "an armoured ...
Maximum speed. 60 mph (96 km/h) FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier. It was developed for the British Army as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed with a single machine gun, it is almost indistinguishable from the ...
M59 APC D-cisive. The M59 was an American armored personnel carrier that entered service in the spring of 1954 replacing the M75. It had three key advantages over the M75: it was amphibious, had a lower profile, and was considerably cheaper to produce. Production ended in 1960, by which time approximately 6,300 had been built.
Maximum speed. 40 mph (64 km/h); 40 km/h off-road; 7.2 km/h in water. The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments (formerly United Defense ). The Bradley is designed for reconnaissance and to transport a squad ...
M1131 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV) M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV) M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle (ATGMV) M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBC RV) M113 armored personnel carrier – 6,000 [2] [3] M58 Wolf. M113A3 APC.
M75 armored personnel carrier. The M75 armored infantry vehicle is an American armored personnel carrier that was produced between December 1952 and February 1954, and saw service in the Korean War. It was replaced in U.S. service by the smaller, cheaper, amphibious M59. The M75s were given as military aid to Belgium, where they were used until ...
383 hp. Suspension. Hydropneumatic. Operational. range. 600 km (370 mi) Maximum speed. 110 km/h (68 mph) The VBTP-MR Guarani ( Portuguese Viatura Blindada Transporte de Pessoal – Média sobre Rodas; "Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicle – Medium Wheeled Type" [ 2]) is a 6×6 armoured personnel carrier developed by Iveco and the Brazilian Army ...
Bobcat prototype at Base Borden Military Museum. The Bobcat was an armored personnel carrier (APC) designed and built in Canada in the 1950s and early 1960s. A lengthy development period and changing requirements drove the price up while not improving the basic design, and the project was eventually cancelled in late 1963 in favor of purchasing the ubiquitous M113.