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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Ultra Magnus is a big bot who transforms into a car carrier truck that can transport a few of [[TransformingMecha his Autobot comrades]] into battle.
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* ''VideoGame/EmpireAtWar'': The ''Forces of Corruption'' expansion introduces structures and vehicles that can garrison units; naturally, each faction gets their own [=APC=] . The Rebellion gets the HTT-26 (capable of flying over the battlefield), the Empire gets the [=HAVt=] B5 Juggernaut (equipped with a point-defense system for destroying incoming missiles), and the Consortium gets the F9-TZ (equipped with a CloakingDevice). Garm Bel Iblis's ''Gargantuan'' tank takes it a step further, being a massive, heavily-armed and -shielded weapons platform that also has the ability to carry a few units of troops.
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* ''VideoGame/TerminatorDarkFateDefiance'': You have numerous options for transporting men in the field. The Founders, being TheRemnant of the United States Army, take the M113 and the Stryker [=APC=] as well as the Bradley [=IFV=]. The [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Movement]] have the perhaps even cooler option of taking [[BigBadassRig up-armoured and armed civilian rigs towing trailers]]. ''Honk honk'', wireheads. Even their modified war vans can be useful in a pinch and they're very cheap too.
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** The [=MARV=] Tank and the Avatar {{Hero Unit}}s which the [=GDI=] and Nod, respectively, can build in ''Kane's Wrath'' can carry four and three infantry units to serve as support weapons. Unlike other cases, however, the infantry they carry cannot leave the vehicle.

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** The [=MARV=] Tank Tank, Eradicator Hexapod and the Avatar Redeemer {{Hero Unit}}s which the [=GDI=] [=GDI=], Scrin and Nod, respectively, can build in ''Kane's Wrath'' can carry four and four, three or two infantry units units, respectively, to serve as support weapons. Unlike other cases, however, the infantry they carry cannot leave the vehicle.
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** The BMP-3 is the most heavily armed of the lot, retaining the 30mm and [[NoKillLikeOverkill adding a 100mm gun/missile launcher]]. That's right: this MICV is more heavily armed than some tanks. Also while the BMP-1 and BMP-2 have nigh-identical armor,[[note]]~36-46 mm of RHA steel equivalent on the front, 17-26 mm RHA equivalent on the sides and rear.[[/note]] the BMP-3 got a notable upgrade in this department to make it resistant to 30 mm AP rounds from the front and close-range 12.7 mm (.50 caliber) AP rounds from the sides and rear.

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** The BMP-3 is the most heavily armed of the lot, retaining the 30mm and [[NoKillLikeOverkill adding a 100mm gun/missile launcher]]. That's right: this MICV is more heavily armed than some tanks. Also while the BMP-1 and BMP-2 have nigh-identical armor,[[note]]~36-46 mm of RHA steel equivalent on the front, 17-26 mm RHA equivalent on the sides and rear.[[/note]] the BMP-3 got a notable upgrade in this department to make it resistant to 30 mm AP rounds from the front and close-range 12.7 mm (.50 caliber) AP rounds from the sides and rear. However, with the sheer amount of ammo inside, between the shells for both the 100 and the 30 and the missiles, it is a GlassCannon that has a nasty tendency to explode to a pile of scrap when something big enough looks at it the wrong way.
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* The Stryker used by Drebin and the [=PMCs=] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''; you also get to ride on top of Drebin's during the epic chase scene in chapter 2.

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* The Stryker used by Drebin and the [=PMCs=] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''; you also get to ride on top of Drebin's during the epic chase scene in chapter 2. It's even been upgraded to have the same octo-camoflage system that Snake has in his sneaking suit.
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* The "Land Master" from ''Film/DamnationAlley''.

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* The "Land Master" from ''Film/DamnationAlley''. Amphibious, heavily armed, RV-like and by Major Denton's own admission the only way the survivors will make it to Albany from California.
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** The most famous example is the [[HumongousMecha AT-AT]] from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. This was subverted occasionally though, in that some vehicles that were called transports in fact weren't.
** Another example is the [[SpiderTank AT-TE]] from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Although not specifically referred to as a transport, it is one, and also mounts enough fire to be a respectable threat in their own right.

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** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': The most famous example in the franchise is the [[HumongousMecha AT-AT]] from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. AT-AT]], a large quadrupedal carrier that looks like a mechanical elephant without a trunk. This was is subverted occasionally though, in that some vehicles that were are called transports in fact weren't.
aren't.
** Another example is the The [[SpiderTank AT-TE]] from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Although not specifically referred to as a transport, it is one, and also mounts enough fire to be a respectable threat in their own right.
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* ''Film/DangerCloseTheBattleOfLongTan'': The tropical climate means the relief column's M113s are actually rusty as hell, but the GunshipRescue they and their [[{{BFG}} fifty-calibre machine-guns]] deliver is ''first-rate''.
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* The Colonial Marines APC[[note]](built around the chassis of a surplus Hunslet ATT 77 Aircraft Towing Tractor)[[/note]] carried by the DropShip in ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. It includes sliding armored side doors, front minigun turret, heavy weapons turret (with reduced clearance option), no-flat tires, and a fully integrated command station that could provide the platoon leader with real-time video feeds from every grunt. Although it manages to be [[ClownCar bigger inside than out]] -- the squad can stand up within the APC but are taller than it outside.

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* The Colonial Marines APC[[note]](built around the chassis of a surplus Hunslet ATT 77 Aircraft Towing Tractor)[[/note]] carried by the DropShip in ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. It includes sliding armored side doors, front minigun turret, heavy weapons PlasmaCannon turret (with reduced clearance option), no-flat tires, and a fully integrated command station that could provide the platoon leader with real-time video feeds from every grunt. Although it manages to be [[ClownCar bigger inside than out]] -- the squad can stand up within the APC but are taller than it outside.

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