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.

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 …

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.

In 1945, the US Army already had the experience of armoured personal carrier, thanks to the uniquitous and modular M2/M3 White Halfrack family of vehicles. However its mixed nature (it was not fully tracked) and only light flat armour offered little protection.

The first specialised APC was the Mark IX of 1918. During World War II, half-tracks such as the American M3 and the German SdKfz 251 played a role similar to the armoured personnel carriers that were developed later on.

Kätzchen appears to be the original forerunner of modern day Armored Personnel Carriers. Already before the war the German Army had started investigating the possibility of introducing a cross country truck, to be used as a carrier for an anti …

During World War II, the Army developed the M2 and M3 half-track vehicles to transport men and materiel. Both vehicles were employed primarily by armored infantry regiments and battalions to transport infantrymen supporting armored formations.

2024年10月7日 · Armored personnel carriers emerged as vital military vehicles during World War II, serving to transport troops safely and efficiently on the battlefield. The development and deployment of these vehicles marked a significant evolution in military strategy and mobility.

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.’.

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.