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Noun

armored combat vehicle - an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tank

armored vehicle, armoured vehicle - a vehicle that is protected by armor plate

cannon - heavy gun fired from a tank

gun enclosure, gun turret, turret - a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces

panzer - an armored vehicle or tank

tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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The PARS 6X6 IZCI is fully developed by Turkish engineers, the armored combat vehicle has the ability to run on water.

Turkey preparing to demonstrate new domestic armored combat vehicle

BEIRUT: The Army Sunday received eight armored combat vehicles from the U.S.

Army receives armored vehicles from U.S

Irving, TX, October 06, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The global defense land vehicle industry comprises battle tanks, armored combat vehicles and personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, tactical vehicles, and other armored protective vehicles.

Lucintel Forecasts Higher Growth for Global Defense Land Vehicle Industry

The CVC is designed specifically for armored combat vehicles. It also provides ballistic protection and lets you talk to each other over the intercom.

Listen up! CVC the only approved Bradley headset!

The treaty covers battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers, small arms and light weapons.

UN arms treaty a small step to global sanity

The first major arms accord since the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty would cover tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers, as well as small arms and light arms.

UN General Assembly set to adopt arms treaty

If passed, the treaty would apply to all conventional arms within the categories of battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers, and small arms and light weapons, according to the draft text.

Iran's Envoy Describes UN Arms Trade Treaty as "Flawed"

It even named the S-300, the only specific weapon cited in the decree, so there could be no further debate: "The transit movement [to Iran] of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery system, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missiles system, as they are defined for the purposes of the UN Register of Conventional Arms, S-300 SAM missile systems or material connected with all of the listed items ...

Russia bars sale of S-300 missile system to Tehran

-Bans countries from selling eight categories of heavy weapons to Iran: battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile systems.

IRAN-U.N. Fourth round of sanctions on Iran

It also says that all countries should prevent the "supply, sale or transfer, directly or indirectly" of battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large artillery, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile systems to Iran.

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