infantry fighting vehicle

English

Noun

infantry fighting vehicle (plural infantry fighting vehicles)

1. (military) An armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry soldiers and provide fire support for them.

Synonyms

• IFV (abbreviation)
• mechanized infantry combat vehicle, MICV

Related terms

• armoured personnel carrier
• tank

Translations

an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry

• Finnish: rynnäkköpanssarivaunu (fi)
• French: véhicule de combat d’infanterie m
• Georgian: ქვეითი ჯარის მუხლუხა ჯავშანტრანსპორტიორი (kveiti ǯaris muxluxa ǯavšanṭransṗorṭiori), ქვეითთა საბრძოლო მანქანა (kveitta sabrʒolo mankana)
• German: Schützenpanzer (de) m
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• Polish: bojowy wóz piechoty m
• Romanian: mașină de luptă a infanteriei f, MLI f (abbreviation is more common)
• Russian: БМП (ru) f (BMP), боева́я маши́на пехо́ты f (bojevája mašína pexóty) (abbreviation is more common)
• Ukrainian: БМП f (BMP), бойова́ маши́на піхо́ти f (bojová mašýna pixóty)