personnel carrier
noun
: a vehicle with thick, strong walls that is used for transporting military workers and their equipment
armored personnel carriers
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There were regular cars, race cars, super cars, hyper cars, emergency vehicles, a military armored personnel carrier and a semitruck.
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Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
There were regular cars, race cars, super cars, hyper cars, emergency vehicles, a military armored personnel carrier and a semitruck.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
An Israeli armored personnel carrier moves through the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, on August 25, 2025.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
According to the outlet, the Humvee was escorting an IDF fire engine that was in Gaza to extinguish an armored personnel carrier that had caught fire.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
The Times reporters visited the camp in Jenin escorted by a senior Israeli military officer in an armored personnel carrier to gain rare access to restricted areas.
—Fatima Abdulkarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
The armored vehicles – a personnel carrier meant to better protect troops against roadside bombs – were introduced during the Iraq War.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
It’s been months since the Ukrainian battalion stationed on the frosty, rutted frontline has received a new armored personnel carrier to take men forward, supply munitions and evacuate the wounded.
—Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
An Israeli armored personnel carrier trundles down the road – and over the dead man’s leg.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
There were regular cars, race cars, super cars, hyper cars, emergency vehicles, a military armored personnel carrier and a semitruck.
—Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
An Israeli armored personnel carrier moves through the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, on August 25, 2025.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
According to the outlet, the Humvee was escorting an IDF fire engine that was in Gaza to extinguish an armored personnel carrier that had caught fire.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
The Times reporters visited the camp in Jenin escorted by a senior Israeli military officer in an armored personnel carrier to gain rare access to restricted areas.
—Fatima Abdulkarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
The armored vehicles – a personnel carrier meant to better protect troops against roadside bombs – were introduced during the Iraq War.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
It’s been months since the Ukrainian battalion stationed on the frosty, rutted frontline has received a new armored personnel carrier to take men forward, supply munitions and evacuate the wounded.
—Erin Banco, Anastasiia Malenko, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
An Israeli armored personnel carrier trundles down the road – and over the dead man’s leg.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Personnel carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personnel%20carrier. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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