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armored personnel carrier

alt. An armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat. n. An armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat.

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armored personnel carrier

n. (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with treads) that is used to transport infantry [syn: armoured personnel carrier, APC]

Usage examples of "armored personnel carrier".

What he did know was that the armored personnel carrier next to them, with eight soldiers and three crew members, had suddenly become a blazing, hellacious funeral pyre.

A hundred meters through that was a BTR-60 eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier ready to get them the hell away, though his men didn't expect to make use of it.

Just before reaching the highway, Hal jetted off the roof and landed on the easternmost armored personnel carrier just as the last man was climbing aboard.

Light-fighters live a strenuous life, and on reaching thirty even the best of them would think longingly of being able to ride to battle in a helicopter or an armored personnel carrier, and maybe being able to spend a reasonable amount of time with their young wives and children instead of climbing hills.

Brenehan nodded toward an armored personnel carrier grounded behind the troops, then began striding to the vehicle without looking around to see if the visitor were following.

Weston swore he could feet the heat from the exploding Russian armored personnel carrier through the cockpit of his MV-22 Pave Hammer special operations transport, even though he was a couple miles away from where the vehicle suddenly exploded, at night, in the dead of an eastern European winter.

He hadn't noticed the armored personnel carrier till it was nearly on top of him.

But she couldn't fly an armored personnel carrier, and she couldn't kill the sailors who'd risked their lives for her and with her in the past.

Barnes skidded the armored personnel carrier away from the tender.

There was also a BMP-1 armored personnel carrier whose turret began to swing around as they passed.

He stood at Ricky's window looking out at the armored personnel carrier parked by the hanger.

An armored personnel carrier came rumbling and rattling toward them, getting louder as it approached.