WordNet
n. vehicle used by the armed forces
Wikipedia
A military vehicle is a type of vehicle that includes all land combat and transportation vehicles, which are designed for or are significantly used by military forces. Many military vehicles have vehicle armour plate or off-road capabilities or both. Please note that a broad definition of the term may include naval vessels such as destroyers and military aircraft such as fighter jets & medevac helicopters. Under the Geneva Conventions, all non-combatant military vehicles such as field ambulances and mobile first aid stations must be properly and clearly marked as such. In theory under the conventions, such vehicles are then legally immune from deliberate attack by all combatants.
A subtype that has become increasingly prominent since the late 20th Century is the improvised fighting vehicle, and is often seen in irregular warfare.
Military vehicles include:
- Armoured fighting vehicle (vehicles that are armored for combat)
- Reconnaissance vehicle
- Military engineering vehicle (also referred to as Combat Engineering Vehicles)
- Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (SPAAGs) / Self-Propelled Air Defense Systems (SPADS)
- Military ambulances
- Electronic warfare vehicles
- Military draisnes (light rail vehicles)
- Armoured trains
- Technical (vehicle)
- Helicopter gunships
Usage examples of "military vehicle".
The first, aborted, attempts had been by car, until someone had decided that only a military vehicle could make it.
No, we should take a military vehicle, go cross-country, try to make it to the Ministry of Defense or to First Corps headquarters.
Kendra drove as aggressively as she dared in a borrowed military vehicle and was shaking when she pulled into the parking ramp, although not on the scale of whatever was bothering Marta.
An enterprising Turkish man had ended up with the ex-military vehicle and had hired it out to the media to transport equipment back and forth from the airport.
The hand weapon remaining in his possession might be capable of damaging the military vehicle, but if he shot at them he risked being blasted in return.
Den was the right word for Harbin, he thought as the military vehicle made its slow way through the narrow, twisting streets of Harbin.
As we prepared to dash across the last street to the house, a military vehicle turned a corner to our left and proceeded slowly toward the dwelling.
Hudro waited no more than a few minutes on one of the approach roads to the base before a Hyadean military vehicle carrying both uniformed figures and others in regular dress pulled up in response to his wave.
But he was still required to carry a firearm when using a military vehicle.