Armoured fighting vehicle

An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. Most AFVs are equipped for driving in rugged terrain.

Types of AFVs

• Tank
• Armoured personnel carrier (APC)
• Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV)
• Assault gun
• Anti-tank vehicle
• Armoured car
• Self-propelled artillery
• Anti-aircraft vehicle
• Combat engineering vehicle (CEV)
• Armoured recovery vehicle (ARV)
• Armoured train

A civilian truck mounting a weapon is sometimes referred to as a technical. A horse-drawn machine gun carrier used in the Russian Civil War was called a tachanka.

See also

• Armoured combat
• List of armoured fighting vehicles
• Vehicle armour