armoured combat vehicle

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armoured combat vehicle - an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads

armored combat vehicle, army tank, tank

armored vehicle, armoured vehicle - a vehicle that is protected by armor plate

cannon - heavy gun fired from a tank

gun enclosure, gun turret, turret - a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces

panzer - an armored vehicle or tank

tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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LIKE CANADA, THE UNITED STATES is in the throes of developing a new armoured combat vehicle for ferrying troops around the battlefield.

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The RG41 wheeled armoured combat vehicle features a unique modular mine protected design and integrated independent suspension and driveline.

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Kongsberg Gruppen has received a contract from Swedish defence materiel administration (FMV) for a training system for the crew members of the Swedish army's CV9040 armoured combat vehicle. The contract has been valued at EUR4.0m.

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The vehicle is already available as a prototype and numerous versions are being developed in addition to the armoured personnel carrier, such as a 17-tonne armoured combat vehicle armed with a 30-mm two-man turret, a medevac carrying up to four stretchers and a 17.5-tonne mobile gun system armed with a 90-mm two-man turret.

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The cooperation would cover the production of 25mm ammunition for Malaysia's new armoured combat vehicle ACV 300, and would involve technology transfer, equipment supplies and assembly in Malaysia, Nammo said.

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In early development stages, the Armoured Combat Vehicle Project is currently mandated to replace the army's 200 Cougar armoured vehicles.

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Sweden remains the only customer for the 10 x 10 Piranha Armoured Combat Vehicle with six vehicles used in the command post role and seven fitted with an Ericsson mast-mounted air-defence radar.

Tracks & tyres centre stage: the medium armoured vehicle world has been dominated over the past year by the British Army's long-running Future Rapid Effects System (Fres) programme and the unprecedented effort by the US Department of Defense to rush new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap} vehicles to Iraq to protect personnel from the threat of improvised explosive devices

Sweden is the only customer for the 10 x 10 Piranha Armoured Combat Vehicle, with six vehicles used in the command post role and seven fitted with an Ericsson mast-mounted air defence radar.

Bullish Medium Armoured Vehicles: in the introduction to Armada International's 2006 Medium Armoured Vehicles supplement it was reported that three European members of Nato were set to select wheeled armoured fighting vehicles over the coming months. The honours were evenly divided

Across the channel in France, Bernard Potel is the man at Giat charged with developing the EBRC (Wheeled Armoured Combat Vehicle) and he shares his colleague's frustration with ground rules.

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FNSS is a globally recognized land systems company that specializes in designing and producing wheeled and tracked armoured combat vehicles as well as combat engineering vehicles, turrets and sustainability solutions.