troop carrier
Military personnel vehicle
A troop carrier is a vehicle designed to transport military personnel—whether aircraft, ship, or armored ground vehicle.
The term emphasizes the cargo (soldiers) rather than combat capability: The troop carriers landed on the beach at dawn.
In civilian contexts, any vehicle moving large groups might be called a troop carrier informally.
- troopshipShip carrying military personnel
- landing craftShip-to-shore military vessel
- beach landingAmphibious military arrival
- StrykerWheeled armored combat vehicle
- vehicleMeans of transport
helicopter · airlift · transport · military convoy · air assault · combat drop · heavy lift · sealift · amphibious transport · convoy · mechanized infantry · armored column · soldiers · half-track · airborne operations · plane · reinforcements · combat vehicles
- carriersbag, backpack, suitcase, luggage, tote
- Airborne Forcesparatrooper, airborne, parachute drop, drop zone, static line
- armored vehiclestank, armored car, armored truck, armored vehicle, Stryker
- Military Transportconvoy, airlift, sealift, troopship, transport plane
- tracked vehiclestracked vehicle, tank, bulldozer, excavator, crawler
- warshipsbattleship, turret, frigates, battleships, destroyers