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armored vehicle

[′är·mərd ′vē·ə·kəl]
(ordnance)
A wheeled or track-laying vehicle protected by armor plate that is used for combat security or cargo; for example, tanks, personnel carriers, armored cars, and self-propelled artillery.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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As a result, the Meaford Armoured Fighting Vehicle Range, known locally as the Meaford Tank Range, opened in 1942 on 17,500 acres of land on the shores of Georgian Bay.
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Arriving at 6.30pm, the men marched through the sunkissed parade ground behind a Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle to rapturous applause from onlooking loved ones.
The Oto Melara Hitfact 105-mm anti-tank turret (bottom) has recently been put through its paces in Portugal onboard a Pandur II medium armoured fighting vehicle (see our supplement shipped with this issue of Armada International).
Lc/Cpl Francis, from Llanelli, south Wales, who drove a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle, died instantly in the attack in the early hours of Saturday.
Cpl Ryan's mother Patricia and 17-year-old son James still live in Allesley Park and his first picture was of a soldier reading a letter from home in a Warrior infantry armoured fighting vehicle.
A Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle will join the race and rally cars to replace the Army's Challenger 2 main battle tank which has been called away on operational duties.
Pte Barber was driving a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle in the Al Fursi district of Basra city when he was killed on August 6.
* WARRIOR PRINCE: Harry pictured in a Spartan armoured reconnaissance vehicle during his driving and maintenance phase at the Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Driving and Maintenance School at Bovington in Dorset.
L/Cpl Richard Doyle of the Staffordshire Regiment on patrol in his armoured fighting vehicle in Iraq.
The collaboration between Sweden and Britain on a joint Sep/Fres project could result in the largest armoured fighting vehicle programme in Europe--and the FMV has not ruled out other partners.
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