Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

==== Armoured personnel carrier ====
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Armoured personnel carriers ('''APCs''') are intended to carry infantry quickly and relatively safely to the point where they are deployed. In the [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]], 8 August 1918, the British [[Mk V tank#Mark V series|Mk V* tank]] (a lengthened Mark V) carried a small number of machine gunners as an experiment, but the men were debilitated by the conditions inside the vehicle.<ref>{{cite book
  |title=The British Tanks, 1915–1919
  |last=Fletcher |first=David
  |author-link=David Fletcher (military historian)
  |isbn=1-86126-400-3
  |publisher=Crowood Press
  |year=2001
  |page=149
}}</ref> Later that year the first purpose-built APC, the British [[Mark IX tank|Mk IX tank]] (Mark Nine), appeared. In 1944, the Canadian general [[Guy Simonds]] ordered the conversion of redundant armoured vehicles to carry troops (generically named "[[Kangaroo (armoured personnel carrier)|Kangaroos]]"). This proved highly successful, even without training, and the concept was widely used in the [[21st Army Group]]. Post-war, specialised designs were built, such as the Soviet [[BTR-60]] and US [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]].
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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-801-0664-37, Berlin, Unter den Linden, Schützenpanzer.jpg|[[Nazi Germany|German]] WWII [[Sd.Kfz. 251]] [[half-track]]ed APC
File:IM000656.jpg|[[Israel|Israeli]] [[Namer]] tracked APC
File:GTK_Boxer_Fuehrungsfahrzeug_front.jpg|The [[Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle)|ARTEC Boxer]] armoured personnel carrier
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