Re: [DS] What's the good word?

At 9:06 PM +0100 9/19/01, Ground Zero Games wrote:
>
>I always assumed it to be down to function - MICVs are designed for the
>infantry to fight mounted, at least until they're almost on top of the
>objective; APCs are battle taxis from which the infantry dismount for a
>foot assault. It is also down to the weapon systems installed - MICVs
>generally have reasonable guns/missiles, APCs usually no more than MGs,
as
>befits their different roles.

It's always seemed like something of a fuzzy line. The A-CAVs from 
Vietnam were right there on that line. The infantry tended to fight 
from the track, and it was armed a bit more than your garden variety 
APC (M2HB + 2 SAWs + a grenadier).
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