RE: Cascadian IFV

Karl Heinz,

Thanks for the clarification ;-)

Cheers,
  Iain.

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[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of K.H.Ranitzsch
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 6:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Cascadian IFV

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Davidson" <iain@arath.org.uk>
> As a civvie, please can someone explain the difference between an APC
and
an
> IFV, thanks.	Iain.

IFV = Infantry Fighting Vehicles
APC = Armoured Personnel Carrier

The theory:
An APC's role is to function as an armoured bus, bringing infantry to
the
battlefield, where they dismount to fight on foot.
Lightly protected against artillery splinters and small arms. Armed with
a
heavy machine gun at most.

An IFV should allow the infantry to fight mounted shooting out of
gunports.
It also is designed as a fire support vehicle. Armed with an autocannon
and
an anti-tank missile. Armoured against autocannon or more.

In practice, APC tend to acquire more weapons and armour, drifting into
a
fighting role, whereas APC are too under-armed to serve in real
fighting.
But there are others on this list who can tell you moree about the
practice
;-)

Greetings
Karl Heinz