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    5 months ago

    Infantry Fighting Vehicle not APC.

    Still impressive since they liked with the autocannon instead of the anti tank missiles M2 can be equiped for that purpose.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, that’s the official name, but I’ll stick to the APC designation. It carries troops. It’s armored. It does not have a tank-level main gun. It’s an armored personnel carrier. A good one, but an APC, none the less.

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        5 months ago

        I disagree. APCs and IFVs have different roles. APCs are just troop taxis. IFVs carry troops and fight alongside them or can do scouting actions like this one.