Meanings
nounarmored personnel carrier (plural armored personnel carriers)
plural armored personnel carriers · alternative armoured personnel carrier
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat.
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More synonyms by meaning
noun(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
Broader
armored vehiclearmoured vehicle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic ناقلَة جنود مدرعَة
- ناقلَة جنود مدرعَةarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Bulgarian бронетранспортьо́р
- бронетранспортьо́р (bronetransportjór)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Catalan transport blindat de personal
- transport blindat de personalarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Chinese Mandarin 裝甲運兵車 /装甲运兵车
- 裝甲運兵車 /装甲运兵车 (zhuāngjiǎ yùnbīngchē)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Danish pansret mandskabsvogn
- pansret mandskabsvognarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Esperanto kirasita transportilo
- kirasita transportiloarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Estonian soomustransportöör
- soomustransportöörarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Finnish panssaroitu miehistönkuljetusajoneuvo, kuljetuspanssarivaunu
- panssaroitu miehistönkuljetusajoneuvoarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- kuljetuspanssarivaunuarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
French véhicule de transport de troupes, VTT
- véhicule de transport de troupesarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- VTTarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
German Transportpanzer
- Transportpanzerarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Hebrew נגמ״ש
- נגמ״ש (nagmásh)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Hungarian páncélautó, páncélozott csapatszállító harcjármű
- páncélautóarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- páncélozott csapatszállító harcjárműarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Irish iompróir armúrtha pearsanra
- iompróir armúrtha pearsanraarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Italian carro armato
- carro armatoarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Norwegian Bokmål pansret personellkjøretøy
- pansret personellkjøretøyarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Polish transporter opancerzony
- transporter opancerzonyarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Portuguese carro blindado de transporte de pessoal
- carro blindado de transporte de pessoalarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Romanian transportor blindat, autovehicul blindat
- transportor blindatarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- autovehicul blindatarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Russian бронетранспортёр, БТР
- бронетранспортёр (bronetransportjór)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- БТР (BTR)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Slovak obrnený transportér
- obrnený transportérarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Spanish transporte blindado de personal / plantel, tanqueta
- transporte blindado de personal / plantelarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- tanquetaarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Swedish splitterskyddat trupptransportfordon
- splitterskyddat trupptransportfordonarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Turkish zırhlı personel taşıyıcı
- zırhlı personel taşıyıcıarmored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Ukrainian бронетранспорте́р, БТР
- бронетранспорте́р (bronetransportér)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
- БТР (BTR)armored vehicle for carrying infantry soldiers in combat
Cite this entry
APA
armored personnel carrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armored%20personnel%20carrier
MLA
“armored personnel carrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armored%20personnel%20carrier. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armored personnel carrier,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armored%20personnel%20carrier.
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