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armored vehicle

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Noun1.armored vehicle - a vehicle that is protected by armor platearmored vehicle - a vehicle that is protected by armor plate
armored car, armoured car - a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun)
armored car, armoured car - an armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuables; "the paintings were delivered to the museum in an air-conditioned armored car"
APC, armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel carrier - (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
assault gun - an armored vehicle with the chassis of a tank (but no turret) and a large gun; used as an antitank weapon and to support infantry
self-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion
armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tank - an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
tank destroyer - an armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds


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Senior military leaders only validated better armored vehicle requirements under pressure from two Secretaries of Defense and Congress, despite the demonstrated effectiveness of better armored vehicles and early appeals from field commanders.
The Concord's, "C8" is a cost effective armored vehicle, based upon Powerful and rugged 4 X 4 platforms, and will be soon launched in Asian markets as well.
Karlheinz Schreiber said initial negotiations back in the late 1980s with Mulroney's government to build a Thyssen light armored vehicle plant in eastern Nova Scotia province with a first order of 250 vehicles "went very well.
 
 
 
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