An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world.

A Kangaroo was a Canadian armoured personnel carrier (APC) during the Second World War which was created by converting a tank chassis. Kangaroos were created as an expedient measure "in the field" by the Canadian Army, and were so successful that they were used by other Commonwealth forces, including the British Army.

The M3 half-track is an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War. Derived from the M2 half-track car, the M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 standard M3s …

An armored personnel carrier seen through their eyes, capable of transporting the entire platoon did not meet anymore the new requirements based on operative infantry tactics that had been developed as the war progressed.

2014年10月16日 · In North-West Europe, during the later half of 1944 and into 1945, the Canadian Army used two types of armoured vehicles that came to be known as a Kangaroo. The Kangaroo was the world’s first fully tracked ‘Armoured Personnel Carrier.’.

2022年12月7日 · The Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was developed by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1941 and 1942, although it saw mass production later on, in 1944. This vehicle was designed by Hino Heavy Industries along with the Type 1 Ho-Ha half-track, with the purpose of modernizing the means of transportation for the Japanese infantry ...

The M75 was only the second American APC, preceded by the M44 (T16) developed at the end of the war in 1945. This was a big vehicle, based on a highly modified M18 Hellcat chassis and engine. It had 51,000 lb of combat weight, carried 24 fully equipped infantrymen, plus the driver, bow gunner and commander.

After World War II, the Kangaroo program led to the design of a formal APC. This next step in warfare insured that the infantry would get into battle safer and fresher. It also insured that the armor had its infantry security with them at all times.

The Army did produce two all-tracked armored personnel carriers (APC) on a limited basis during World War II. The M39 was an open-topped vehicle based on the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer. Like the M18, it was fast and had great cross-country mobility but lacked overhead protection.

2021年8月6日 · “Kangaroo” is the nickname given to a series of military transport vehicles (APCs) designed by the Canadian army in 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. (See Second World War.) It was a modified version of existing armoured vehicles such as the M7 (Priest) self-propelled gun, the Ram tank and the Sherman tank.