troop transports

Military personnel vehicles

Troop transports are vehicles designed to carry soldiers and military personnel.

The term covers ships, aircraft, trucks, and armored vehicles used to move troops to or within combat zones: The troop transports landed at dawn.

Naval troop transports historically moved large numbers of soldiers across oceans, while modern usage includes helicopters and armored personnel carriers.

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deployment · front lines · helicopters · landing craft · landing zone · D-Day beaches · marines · embarkation · cargo · armored · beach · invasion · wartime · personnel · personnel carrier · carriers · amphibious · infantry

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Military machines for warfare

attack helicopters · tanks · fighter jets · gunships · bombers

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troop transportscargo ships

Vessels for transporting goods

fuel tankers · supply trucks · cargo aircraft · supply vessels

direction of troop movement

troop transportshospital ships

Vessels equipped for casualties

ambulances

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