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infantry fighting vehicle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry soldiers and provide fire support for them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَرْكَبَةُ مُشَاةِ قِتَالِيَّة (markabatu mušāti qitāliyya) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Armenian: հետեւակի մարտական մեքենա (hetewaki martakan mekʻena) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Armenian: ՀՄՄ (HMM) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Belarusian: БМП (BMP) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Belarusian: баява́я машы́на пяхо́ты (bajavája mašýna pjaxóty) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Bulgarian: бо́йна маши́на на пехо́тата (bójna mašína na pehótata) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Bulgarian: БМП (BMP) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 步兵戰車 /步兵战车 (bùbīng zhànchē) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Czech: bojové vozidlo pěchoty — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Danish: infanterikampkøretøj — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Dutch: infanteriegevechtsvoertuig — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Estonian: jalaväe lahingumasin — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Finnish: rynnäkköpanssarivaunu — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • French: véhicule de combat d'infanterie — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Georgian: ქვეითი ჯარის მუხლუხა ჯავშანტრანსპორტიორი (kveiti ǯaris muxluxa ǯavšanṭransṗorṭiori) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Georgian: ქვეითთა საბრძოლო მანქანა (kveitta sabrʒolo mankana) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • German: Schützenpanzer — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • German: SPz — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Italian: veicolo da combattimento della fanteria — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Japanese: 歩兵戦闘車 (hohei sentōsha) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Korean: 보병전투차 (bobyeongjeontucha) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Lithuanian: pėstininkų kovos mašina — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stormpanservogn — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Polish: bojowy wóz piechoty — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Romanian: mașină de luptă a infanteriei — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Romanian: MLI — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Russian: БМП (BMP) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Russian: боева́я маши́на пехо́ты (bojevája mašína pexóty) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Slovak: bojové vozidlo pechoty — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Slovene: pehotno bojno vozilo — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Spanish: vehículo de combate de infantería — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Swedish: stridsfordon — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Swedish: pansarskyttefordon — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Ukrainian: БМП (BMP) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Ukrainian: бойова́ маши́на піхо́ти (bojová mašýna pixóty) — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry
  • Vietnamese: xe chiến đấu bộ binh — an armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry