United Kingdom / World War I
Tank, Mark IX
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC / infantry carrier
The Tank, Mark IX was designed to move infantry or supplies under armor rather than to fight as a conventional gun tank.
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Armored Personnel Carrier
Protected battlefield troop carriers whose primary purpose is moving personnel rather than fighting as the main direct-fire platform.
Germany / World War II
Sd.Kfz. 251 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Half-track APC
The Sd.Kfz. 251 was Germany’s principal medium armored half-track, carrying Panzergrenadiers with armored formations and spawning numerous specialized wartime variants.
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United States / World War II
M3 / M5 Half-Track Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Half-track APC
The M3/M5 half-track family carried U.S. and Allied infantry with armored protection and cross-country mobility, becoming one of the most recognizable mechanized troop carriers of World War II.
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Germany / World War II
Sd.Kfz. 250 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Half-track APC / reconnaissance carrier
The Sd.Kfz. 250 was a light German armored half-track family used for reconnaissance, command, observation, communications, and small-unit troop transport.
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Soviet Union / Cold War
BTR-40
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled APC / scout carrier
The BTR-40 was the Soviet Union’s first mass-produced postwar wheeled APC, a compact 4x4 vehicle that also served extensively in reconnaissance and specialized roles.
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United States / Cold War
M75 Armored Personnel Carrier
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC
The M75 was an early postwar U.S. fully tracked armored personnel carrier, heavily protected for its class but expensive and soon replaced by lighter, amphibious designs.
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Soviet Union / Cold War
BTR-50 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked amphibious APC
The Soviet BTR-50 used a tracked amphibious chassis related to the PT-76 to carry infantry and support equipment across land and water during the early Cold War.
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United States / Cold War
M59 Armored Personnel Carrier
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked amphibious APC
The M59 replaced the costly M75 with a lower, amphibious, less expensive U.S. tracked APC and served as an important bridge to the much more successful M113.
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United States / Cold War
LVTP-5 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Amphibious tracked APC
The LVTP-5 was a very large postwar amphibious armored personnel carrier family designed to carry Marines from ship to shore and support operations inland.
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France / Cold War
AMX-VCI Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC / early infantry carrier
The AMX-VCI was a tracked French troop carrier derived from the AMX-13 light-tank automotive family and used before the AMX-10P generation.
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Soviet Union / Cold War
BTR-60 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled amphibious APC
The BTR-60 established the Soviet eight-wheeled amphibious APC pattern, evolving from an open troop carrier into the roofed and turreted BTR-60PB.
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United States / Cold War / Modern
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC
The M113 became one of the defining tracked armored personnel carrier families of the Cold War, spawning a vast range of command, mortar, antitank, medical, and air-defense derivatives.
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United Kingdom / Cold War / Modern
FV432 / Bulldog Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC
The FV432 became the most common British FV430-family armored personnel carrier and remained useful for decades through upgrades culminating in the Bulldog standard.
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Czechoslovakia / Poland / Cold War
OT-64 SKOT
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled amphibious APC
The OT-64 SKOT was a jointly developed Czechoslovak-Polish 8x8 amphibious armored personnel carrier that offered rear troop access and diesel power during the Warsaw Pact era.
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China / Cold War
Type 63 Armored Personnel Carrier
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC
The Type 63 was China’s first domestically designed tracked armored personnel carrier without direct Soviet design assistance and became the basis for a broad family of vehicles.
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Soviet Union / Russia / Cold War / Modern
MT-LB Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked multipurpose armored transporter / APC
The MT-LB began as an armored multipurpose tractor and transporter but became one of the most adaptable tracked light armored chassis of the Soviet and post-Soviet world.
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France / Cold War
Panhard M3
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled amphibious APC
The Panhard M3 was a compact French 4x4 amphibious APC developed for export using significant automotive commonality with the AML armored car family.
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Soviet Union / Cold War
BTR-70
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled amphibious APC
The BTR-70 was an evolutionary Soviet 8x8 APC between the BTR-60 and BTR-80, retaining twin gasoline engines while adding improved hull details and side troop doors.
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United States / Cold War / Modern
LVTP-7 / AAV7 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Amphibious tracked APC
The LVTP-7/AAV7 family became the U.S. Marine Corps’ long-serving tracked amphibious personnel carrier, moving Marines from ship to shore and then supporting mechanized movement inland.
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Switzerland / Cold War / Modern
MOWAG Piranha Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled modular APC / combat-vehicle family
The Swiss Piranha evolved from a 1970s modular wheeled armored concept into one of the most influential Western vehicle families and the ancestor of multiple national LAV lines.
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Soviet Union / Russia / Cold War / Modern
BTR-D Airborne APC Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Airborne tracked APC
The BTR-D is a stretched, turretless airborne armored personnel carrier derived from the BMD-1 and used as the transport base for a wide family of Soviet/Russian airborne support vehicles.
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France / Cold War / Modern
VAB Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled amphibious APC
France’s VAB became a prolific wheeled armored carrier and support-vehicle family, serving from the late Cold War through decades of expeditionary operations.
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United Kingdom / Cold War
Saxon Armored Personnel Carrier
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled APC
The Saxon was a British wheeled armored personnel carrier based on commercial truck components and intended primarily to move reinforcement infantry rapidly and with protection on roads.
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Finland / Cold War / Modern
Pasi XA-180 / XA-200 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled APC
Finland’s Pasi XA-series is a durable 6x6 armored personnel carrier family developed to replace BTR-60s and widely associated with Finnish and international peacekeeping service.
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South Korea / Cold War / Modern
K200 KIFV Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked amphibious APC
South Korea’s K200 family is a domestically developed tracked armored personnel carrier designed for the peninsula’s terrain and mechanized-force requirements.
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Soviet Union / Russia / Cold War / Modern
BTR-80 / BTR-82 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled amphibious APC
The BTR-80 replaced the BTR-70’s twin gasoline engines with a single diesel and improved troop access, while later BTR-82 variants added stronger automotive, protection, and weapon-system upgrades.
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China / Cold War / Modern
Type 85 / Type 89 APC Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Tracked APC
China’s Type 85 and Type 89 tracked APCs enlarged and modernized the Type 63 concept with a longer five-road-wheel chassis, improved automotive performance, and a broader family of variants.
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Austria / Czech Republic / Portugal / Modern
Pandur I / Pandur II Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled modular APC
The Pandur family developed from a compact Austrian wheeled APC into the larger Pandur II 6x6/8x8 modular combat-vehicle platform used in multiple troop-carrier and weapons configurations.
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Canada / United States / Modern
LAV III / Stryker ICV Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled APC / infantry carrier
Canada’s LAV III and the U.S. Stryker branch developed from the Piranha III lineage into major national 8x8 families centered on protected infantry mobility and common-chassis mission variants.
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Finland / Modern
Patria AMV Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled modular APC / combat-vehicle family
Finland’s Patria AMV is a modular 8x8 armored vehicle family optimized for protection, payload, mobility, and national customization across APC, IFV, mortar, command, and support roles.
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Germany / Netherlands / United Kingdom / Modern
Boxer Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled modular APC / mission-module vehicle
Boxer uses a common 8x8 drive module and interchangeable mission modules to support troop transport, command, medical, engineering, reconnaissance, and increasingly heavily armed combat roles.
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South Korea / Modern
K806 / K808 Family
Armored Personnel Carrier · Wheeled APC
South Korea’s K806 6x6 and K808 8x8 vehicles provide modern wheeled protected mobility for infantry and other units, emphasizing road speed, survivability, and rapid movement across enlarged operational areas.
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