#redirectInfantry fighting vehicle
Warrior_Tracked_Armoured_Vehicle''_vehicle_with_UN_markings,_on_the_making_of_the_eponymous_film.">Image:Warrior-UN.png|thumb|right|300px|A ''Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle'' vehicle with UN markings, on the making of the eponymous film. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide fire support for them. IFVs are similar to armoured personnel carriers (APCs), designed to transport five to ten infantrymen and their equipment. They are differentiated from APCs ("battle taxis") by their enhanced armament, allowing them to give direct-fire support during an attack , firing ports, allowing the infantry to fire personal weapons while mounted, and usually improved vehicle armour . They are typically armed with an autocannon of 20 to 30 mm caliber, and possibly with ATGMs. IFVs are usually Caterpillar track, but some wheeled vehicles fall into this category, too. IFVs are much less heavily armed and armoured than Tank (MBTs), but they sometimes carry heavy missiles which offer a significant threat to tanks. Western powers were rudely surprised when the Soviet Union paraded the first IFV, the BMP-1, in 1967. The BMP was a very low-profiled IFV with 73 mm smoothbore gun and mounting an ATGM. Its steeply-sloped front armour was proof against NATO's standard .50-calibre machine gun, while its smoothbore gun and ATGM were a threat to NATO personnel carriers and even main battle tanks. Since then, all major military powers have developed or adopted IFVs. Examples include the United Kingdom Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle, the United States M2 Bradley, M2 Bradley and the new Stryker, the Italian Army Dardo IFV, the Germany Marder, the South African Ratel 20. ==See also== *Armoured combat *Armoured personnel carrier *List of AFVs Armored fighting vehicles Infantry fighting vehicles
I've read that IFV's are basically a combination of a Light tank/armored car and an APC. Would anyone object to my adding this to the article? User:Oberiko 16:04, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
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#redirectInfantry fighting vehicle
Infantry fighting vehicle
Warrior_Tracked_Armoured_Vehicle''_vehicle_with_UN_markings,_on_the_making_of_the_eponymous_film.">Image:Warrior-UN.png|thumb|right|300px|A ''Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle'' vehicle with UN markings, on the making of the eponymous film. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide fire support for them. IFVs are similar to armoured personnel carriers (APCs), designed to transport five to ten infantrymen and their equipment. They are differentiated from APCs ("battle taxis") by their enhanced armament, allowing them to give direct-fire support during an attack , firing ports, allowing the infantry to fire personal weapons while mounted, and usually improved vehicle armour . They are typically armed with an autocannon of 20 to 30 mm caliber, and possibly with ATGMs. IFVs are usually Caterpillar track, but some wheeled vehicles fall into this category, too. IFVs are much less heavily armed and armoured than Tank (MBTs), but they sometimes carry heavy missiles which offer a significant threat to tanks. Western powers were rudely surprised when the Soviet Union paraded the first IFV, the BMP-1, in 1967. The BMP was a very low-profiled IFV with 73 mm smoothbore gun and mounting an ATGM. Its steeply-sloped front armour was proof against NATO's standard .50-calibre machine gun, while its smoothbore gun and ATGM were a threat to NATO personnel carriers and even main battle tanks. Since then, all major military powers have developed or adopted IFVs. Examples include the United Kingdom Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle, the United States M2 Bradley, M2 Bradley and the new Stryker, the Italian Army Dardo IFV, the Germany Marder, the South African Ratel 20. ==See also== *Armoured combat *Armoured personnel carrier *List of AFVs Armored fighting vehicles Infantry fighting vehicles
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I've read that IFV's are basically a combination of a Light tank/armored car and an APC. Would anyone object to my adding this to the article? User:Oberiko 16:04, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
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