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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The three ran together in an M-113 armored personnel carrier. — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 9 June 2026 There were regular cars, race cars, super cars, hyper cars, emergency vehicles, a military armored personnel carrier and a semitruck. — 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 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 See All Example Sentences for personnel carrier

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“Personnel carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personnel%20carrier. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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