Armored Personnel Carrier

Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) are armored combat vehicles designed to ferry Infantry around the battlefield, protecting them from enemy fire and shrapnel. APCs can either be tracked or have wheels with tires. Most APCs have some variety of defensive armament, ranging from a machine gun to heavy auto-cannons and anti-tank missile launchers (though usually heavier armament at the expense of transport capacity).

The concept of the Armored Personnel Carrier was experimented with during the Great War with the British Mark IX tank. During the second world war, several types of tracked and halftrack APCs were built, most of which were open topped.

Armored Personnel Carriers in science fiction

• Tau Devilfish
• AT-AT (Star Wars)

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