APC

Examples

• All

• If Major Smith can hold and the APCs can break up the attack, then I can secure the base by taking the fight to the enemy.

  Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

• And one day a group of journalists went out with a patrol; their pool got called up, and off they went in an APC with a group of soldiers whose sergeant was twenty-two years old.

  Fiction book (1997)

• We got an APC up the road about half a mile.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Request you send APCs to our position immediately.

  Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

• How many APCs have you got available?

  Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

• Sir, request permission to lead the APCs out to Delta Company.

  Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

• APCs are on the way.

  Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

• Sir, I can have Alpha Company loaded onto my APCs in 15 minutes.

  Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

• The troops boarded the APC to move safely to the front line.

• During the military exercise, each team was assigned an APC for troop transport.

Synonyms

P

personnel carrier

vsAPC

• Specialized

18 4.9

A military vehicle that carries soldiers and their equipment

focuses on moving infantry primarily rather than carrying much equipment

A

armored personnel carrier

vsAPC

• Specialized

14 5.3

A military vehicle with metal protection that carries soldiers safely

usually moves on caterpillar tracks rather than wheels

T

troop carrier

vsAPC

• Specialized

3 4.4

A vehicle like a truck or plane that carries soldiers

is limited to land vehicles, usually tracked, not sea or air transport

How Armored

tank

748 2.8

APC

• Specialized

3 6.5

armored car

• US

2 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology