armoured car

English

Prosegur armored car in Barcelona (#1)

Armoured car (#2)

Military armoured car (#3)

Alternative forms

• armored car (American spelling)

Pronunciation

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Noun

armoured car (plural armoured cars) (British spelling)

1. An armoured truck to transfer valuables between locations, which possesses armour against light firearms

   Synonyms: armored truck, armored van, security van

2. An automobile equipped with armour to protect important passengers.
3. (military) A small wheeled armoured fighting vehicle.
   • 1971, “The Men Behind the Wire”, performed by The Barleycorn:

     Armoured cars and tanks and guns / Came to take away our sons / But every man must stand behind the men behind the wire

4. (law enforcement) An armoured vehicle resistant to small arms fire.

Translations

armoured truck — see armoured truck

automobile equipped with armour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝甲汽車 / 装甲汽车 (zhuāngjiǎqìchē), 防彈車 / 防弹车 (fángdànchē)

• Dutch: pantserwagen (nl) m
• Estonian: soomusauto
• Finnish: panssaroitu auto
• French: ^{(please verify)} voiture blindée f
• Hebrew: מכונית משוריינת f (mechonit meshuryenet), רכב משוריין m (rechev meshuryan)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} carr armúrtha m
• Japanese: 防弾車 (bōdansha)
• Kazakh: сауытты автомобиль (sauytty avtomobil)
• Korean: 방탄차(防彈車) (ko) (bangtancha)
• Polish: samochód opancerzony m
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} carro/veículo/automóvel blindado m
• Romanian: automobil blindat n
• Russian: бронеавтомоби́ль (ru) m (broneavtomobílʹ), броневи́к (ru) m (bronevík)
• Spanish: (Spain) coche blindado m, (Latin American) carro blindado m, vehículo blindado m

(military) armoured fighting vehicle

• Azerbaijani: zirehli maşın
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝甲車 / 装甲车 (zh) (zhuāngjiǎchē)

• Finnish: panssariauto (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} véhicule blindé m
• German: Panzerwagen (de) m
• Hebrew: שריונית f (shiryonit)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} carr armúrtha m
• Japanese: 装甲車 (ja) (sōkōsha)
• Kazakh: сауытты автомобиль (sauytty avtomobil)
• Korean: 장갑차(裝甲車) (janggapcha)
• Polish: samochód opancerzony m
• Portuguese: blindado (pt) m
• Romanian: vehicul blindat n
• Russian: бронеавтомоби́ль (ru) m (broneavtomobílʹ)
• Spanish: blindado (es) m, vehículo blindado m, carro blindado m

(law enforcement) armoured vehicle resistant to small arms fire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警用裝甲車 / 警用装甲车 (jǐngyòngzhuāngjiǎchē)

• Finnish: panssariauto (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} véhicule blindé m
• German: Panzerwagen (de) m
• Hebrew: רכב משוריין (rechev meshuryan)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} carr armúrtha m
• Japanese: 警察用装甲車 (keisatsu-yō sōkōsha), 特型警備車 (tokugatakeibisha)
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} carro/veículo blindado m
• Romanian: vehicul blindat n