The APC.

Armoured personnel Carriers.

Every army needs to have APC's to mover their troops around in battlefield conditions. The APC's were originally nothing more than an armoured truck or small car, but it was during the second world war that the demand for such vehicles came into their own right. The APC can be both tracked or wheeled, some were developed as half-tracks. It was during the Soviet era that we became familiarised with the BTR family, while the U.S. developed the M113 and a series of LVTP vehicles. Other countries over the years have each developed their own versions. Today examples like LAV and the Bradley can now be armed with a huge variety of guns and missile launchers..