armored vehicles

Plated military machines

Armored vehicles are military or security transports protected by metal plating against bullets, explosions, and other threats.

The category includes tanks, armored personnel carriers, and reinforced civilian vehicles used by dignitaries or in conflict zones: The convoy of armored vehicles rolled through the checkpoint.

The term emphasizes protection rather than offensive capability.

Opposites
protection level

armored vehiclesconvertibles

Cars with removable tops

motorcycles · bicycles · jeeps · passenger cars · pickup trucks

military hardness

armored vehiclessoft targets

Unprotected sites for attacks

supply trucks · cargo trucks · ambulances · fuel tankers

civilian vs. military character

armored vehiclespassenger cars

Vehicles for transporting people

family cars · economy cars · sedans · minivans · commercial vehicles

Family

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Familiarity
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