APC 装甲兵員輸送車 MTW
A [[ground vehicle]] designed to transport [[soldier]]s and equipment into a combat zone.

APCs are fundamentally different from [[tank]]s. Generally speaking, APCs have lighter armor (still strong enough to resist bullets and shrapnel) compared to tanks. They have lighter armament because of their focused transport purpose and for the sake of mobility. Most commonly, APCs are armed with [[machine gun]]s or automatic [[grenade launcher]]s. It can either have wheels or [[caterpillar tracks]], while tanks are always tracked. Some can be amphibious.

Not only the [[military]], [[police]] tactical units also operate it. Sometimes APCs can be utilized as [[ambulance]], especially in battlefield (see post #1085064).

h4. List of APCs

* [[aavp-7a1|AAVP-7]]
* [[BTR-4 Bucephalus]]
* [[BTR-40]]
* [[BTR-60]]
* [[BTR-80]]
** [[BTR-90]] [tn]Larger version of the BTR-80 vehicle, fitted with a BMP-2 [[turret]].[/tn]
* [[M113]]
* [[M3 half-track]]
* [[Patria Pasi]]
* [[sdkfz 251|Sd. Kfz. 251]]
* [[Stryker (afv)|]]
* [[TPz Fuchs]]
* [[Type 73 (apc)|]]
* [[Type 96 (APC)]]

h4. See also

* [[list of ground vehicles]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Infantry fighting vehicle":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle] (IFV), a different class of [[military vehicle]] which combines the characteristics of APC and tanks.
* "Wikipedia: Armoured personnel carrier":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier]
armored personnel carrier