History Main / AwesomePersonnelCarrier

* The ''Endworld'' novels by Dave L. robbins features the Family, a benevolent survivalist group made by an extremely rich movie star. The star also paid unemployed Detroit engineers and scientists to create a prototype vehicle called the SEAL. Officially a large recreational vehicle, it's actually a solar-powered, amphibious troop transport that's sealed against hostile environments. It's exceptionally well-armoured being made with experimental plastics and alloys and can combat various enemy types with its arsenal of .50 machine guns, rocket launcher, flamethrower and stinger missile launcher.

* Downplayed in ''The First American Rising'' series by William C. Dietz. First Lieutenant Robin "Mac" [=MacIntyre=] has several Stryker [=APC=]s in her mercenary company "Mac's Marauders". They're very modern vehicles and all are equipped with a ''birdcage'' armor set to protect against rockets. Unfortunately each of her Strykers are only armed with a .50 machine gun. The main hitter for the company is an Apache attack helicopter that joined her company.

* ''Spellcross: The Last Battle'' from Cauldron Interactive has an interesting aversion with its Transporter choices. Whether it's the Marder, M113 or Piranha, none of these vehicles can transport any troops. Instead they serve as a fast-moving, extra-light tanks. Of the conventional APC, the Piranha is the best as its something of a MasterOfAll. Your scientists will eventually research new weapons such as lasers, rail guns and flamethrowers and then mount them on a Piranha or M113 chassis to create the new vehicles Laser-Strahler, Elmag I and Elmag II as well as the [[KillItWithFire M132]]. The reason why [=APC=]s are used instead of tanks is that the APCs can easily swap out the old space for housing soldiers for an extra power plant, tanks were designed to be heavily armored and have no room to add a new weapon system.

* ''Spellcross: The Last Battle'' from Cauldron Interactive has an interesting aversion with its Transporter choices. Whether it's the Marder, M113 or Piranha, none of these vehicles can transport any troops. Instead they serve as a fast-moving, extra-light tanks. Of the conventional APC, the Piranha is the best as its something of a MasterOfAll. Your scientists will eventually research new weapons such as lasers, rail guns and flamethrowers and then mount them on a Piranha chassis to create the new vehicles Laser IFV, Elmag I and Elmag II as well as the [[KillItWithFire M132]].

* ''Spellcross: The Last Battle'' from Cauldron Interactive has an interesting aversion with its Transporter choices. Whether it's the Marder, M113 or Piranha, none of these vehicles can transport any troops. Instead they serve as a fast-moving, extra-light tanks. Of the conventional APC, the Piranha is the best as its something of a MasterOfAll. Your scientists will eventually research new weapons such as lasers, rail guns and flamethrowers and then mount them on a Piranha chassis to create the new vehicles Laser IFV, Elmag I and Elmag II as well as the Flamethrower IFV.

* ''Spellcross: The Last Battle'' from Cauldron Interactive has an interesting aversion with its APC choices. Whether it's the Marder, M113 or Piranha, none of these vehicles can transport any troops. Instead they serve as a fast-moving, extra-light tanks. Of the conventional APC, the Piranha is the best as its something of a MasterOfAll. Your scientists will eventually research new weapons such as lasers, rail guns and flamethrowers and then mount them on a Piranha chassis to create the new vehicles Laser IFV, Elmag I and Elmag II as well as the Flamethrower IFV.

* ''Spellcross: The Last Battle'' from Cauldron Interactive has an interesting aversion with its APC choices. Whether it's the Marder, M113 or Piranha, none of these vehicles can transport any troops. Instead they serve as a fast-moving, extra-light tanks. Of the conventional APC, the Piranha is the best as its something of a MasterOfAllTrades. Your scientists will eventually research new weapons such as lasers, rail guns and flamethrowers and then mount them on a Piranha chassis to create the new vehicles Laser IFV, Elmag I and Elmag II as well as the Flamethrower IFV.

* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' uses most of the major [=APCs=] from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000,'' upgrading them to Clown Car status in the process. The Chimera holds ''42 soldiers'' in some incarnations, though they still die like Guardsmen.

* ''Anime/YakitoriSoldiersOfMisfortune''. Averted with the carrier that Unit K-321 are allocated that has an unfortunate resemblance to a school bus. Later they get rescued by SpaceMarines who are driving a far more impressive carrier.

* 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 [[BiggerOnTheInside bigger inside than out]] -- the squad can stand up within the APC but are taller than it outside.

** BMP-1 technically ''is'' a light tank (namely, PT-76 amphibious tank) with somewhat reduced armament and other non-essential stuff thrown out to free enough space for a squad of infantry.

** The BMP-2 is similarly awesome, trading in the 73mm cannon for [[MoreDakka a rapid firing 30mm]].
** 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.
** The BTR series of APCs were more or less lame, being light, wheeled boxes, armed with a 14.5mm machine gun and a 7.62mm machinegun - true to the APC standard of "battle taxi". The most recent variant, the BTR-90, fixes all that, having heavier armour, better speed, full NBC protection, and a BMP-2's 30mm automatic cannon in place of the 14.5mm. It has proven rather popular with crews.
* The [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks American M2 Bradley]] and the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Warrior]] were developed to counter the BMP, what ensued became infantry carrying, tank busting, all around cool machines.

*** It has been stated that the Bradley is a jack of all trades but master of none, since it's a track-laying, 30 ton, gun-and missile-toting thing that makes anybody who looks at it think "TANK!", carries only half a squad of infantry, and doesn't carry enough gun to be considered a full tank. It even got its own [[Film/ThePentagonWars movie mocking it.]] As the disgusted engineers put it, [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary "It's a troop carrier that can't carry troops, a recon vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance, a psuedo-tank with less armor than a snowblower, but carries enough ammo to take out half of DC."]][[note]]The Pentagon Wars movie misrepresents the development of the Bradley as a MasterOfNone vehicle that was originally intended to be a Battle Taxi that was feature crept to it's current form, which is not particularly accurate as it was always intended to have a large autocannon in order to support troops rather than simply dropping them off and the complaints about low troop capacity and the like were a NecessaryDrawback to keep everything at a reasonable size [[/note]] The Bradley's performance in actual combat so far has been excellent; at the battle of 73 Easting two troops of US Cavalry mounted mostly on Bradleys rolled up an entire Republican Guards armored division like a cheap rug while suffering almost no casualties, with each Bradley accounting for several Iraqi tanks and literally dozens of Iraqi [=BMPs=]. However, some argue this fine record is mostly due to the opposition being ''even worse''.

* The opening scene in one of the ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' movie has Deunan and her squad being attacked by two [=ACPs=] armed with [[GatlingGood gatling guns]] that effortlessly jump through walls and reduce the battlefield to even finer rubble.

* In ''ComicBook/WeStandOnGuard'', the [[LaResistance Two-Fours]] have modified an oilfield transport to sport a variety of jerry-rigged weaponry to fend off the vehicles of the American occupation.

* In his ''Literature/TheTomorrowSeries'' fic, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7102832/1/Ellie-s-Heroes Ellie's Heroes]]'', Technomad has Ellie and her friends stealing a 10-wheel Piranha APC and using it to great effect in a raid on an enemy-held city.

* ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'' gives us the Lancer in the DLC ''The Secret Armory of General Knoxx''. At 4, it seats double the number of players. All players have some kind of weapon they can use against enemies. It has at least 50% more hitpoints than the next strongest vehicle in the game. Requires doing a job for Scooter to get it, though.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' you drive the "Zero-One", an all-terrain vehicle that can withstand going inside a volcano or outer space, [[WeDontNeedRoads fly and travel over water]]. With it, you must carry out the awesome task of... [[FirstPersonSnapshooter taking wildlife photos]].

** Epic scale also brings the Capitol Imperialis and Leviathan to the Imperials. Both are giant tanks the size of, and capable of going toe-to-toe with, [[HumongousMecha titans]]. The former is 50m tall and sports a main gun large enough to fit several regular tanks, which also carries a few companies of infantry. The latter scales the guns down a bit but is a dedicated troop transport capable of carrying a decent-size army on its own.

* The ''Bear'' APC from ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''. It features an independent driver-controlled MG turret, six wheels, heavy armour, seating for 4 or 5 passengers, and can keep up with most four-wheeled vehicles. You can even install a NitroBoost in it! It's the closest the game gets to TankGoodness.

* The Lancer seen in ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'' shows up in ''Fanfic/{{Fractured}}'', albeit heavily modified for long-range travel. In the sequel, ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', ''Fireant'' blastboats serve this role [[JustForFun/RecycledInSPACE IN SPACE]] since troop-carrying shuttles without armaments have ([[JustifiedTrope justifiably]]) been out-of-favor for as long as ships have had point-defense guns, starfighter escorts, [[spoiler:or Flood infestations]].

* The German Puma IFV is among the heaviest and best armored [=APCs=] out there, with a maximum weight of 43 tons, still maintaining a high power-to-weight ratio. Using four A-400M transport aircrafts, you could quickly transport three Pumas into the theatre - one of the planes would transport the additional armor (which can be flexibly mounted). The Puma's unmanned turret houses a 30 mm autocannon with airburst ammo, Spike anti-tank missiles with a range of 4,000 meters and a coaxial machine gun. Of course, air conditioning, full NBC protection a very smooth and low-profile hull and an active defense system capable of defeating modern ATGMs can also be found aboard it.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M113_armored_personnel_carrier M113]] has to rate pretty well. Despite being an ugly, under-armoured box-on-tracks, it has seen more roles, and been used my more countries than probably any other armoured vehicle. It also remains in use in the country of its production, despite being close on 50 years old. It's also the third most numerous armoured vehicle of any time-period, being outdone only by the T-54 tank and the Bren Carrier (roughly 100K both).

Sometimes in war, neither the CoolCar nor the CoolTank is enough. You need something that can carry TheSquad into and out of battle and even fight alongside it if need be. How do you do this with a simple Armored Personnel Carrier? Easy, slap some more armor on it. Give it a {{BFG}} or three and maybe even the ability to crush other things like a tank!

Naturally, compare CoolTank. [[UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Merkavas]] cheat by being both, and the Russian Mi-24 Hind ups the stakes ''again'' by flying. If the [=APC=] often gets confused with an actual tank you've got TanksButNoTanks. For more information on [=APC=]s and [=IFV=]s, see UsefulNotes/ArmoredFightingVehicles.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fields a number of [=APCs=] and [=IFVs=] which include wheeled, tracked, hover, and flying varieties. It is also quite guilty of mixing the categories. The ten-ton 'generic' [=APCs=] aren't much to write home about and thus not this trope (and in fact can't even be used ''as'' [=APCs=] without optional rules because their infantry bays are too small for a full platoon) -- on the other hand, one gets things like the Maxim Heavy Hover "[[TechnicallyATransport Transport]]", which dedicates all of three of its fifty tons to transport space (just enough for a single platoon on foot), but packs a fair-sized array of missiles and machine guns to 'defend' itself with. Adding to this, [=OmniMechs=] and -Vehicles of any stripe can serve as {{Awesome Personnel Carrier}}s to ''battle armor'' infantry, a friendly four- to six-trooper unit of whom can simply hitch a ride on any of them by clinging to dedicated handholds on the outside.

-> "''One APC... alone... betrayed by the LetsPlay series it loves, now, its only hope in its final hour of need.''"
-->-- '''Battlefield 315''', LetsPlay [[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} Battlefield 1942]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiNDK1USIZM Episode 57]]

** The ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'' manga retcons the amphibious mobile suit Acguy into one, able to fit an entire frogman squad into its comparatively wide torso.

* The Lancer seen in the first game/DLC shows up in ''Fanfic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], albeit heavily modified for long-range travel. In the sequel, ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', ''Fireant'' blastboats serve this role [[JustForFun/RecycledInSPACE IN SPACE]] since troop-carrying shuttles without armaments have ([[JustifiedTrope justifiably]]) been out-of-favor for as long as ships have had point-defense guns, starfighter escorts [[spoiler:, or Flood infestations]].

* In his ''Literature/TheTomorrowSeries'' fic, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7102832/1/Ellie-s-Heroes Ellie's Heroes,]]'' Technomad has Ellie and her friends stealing a 10-wheel Piranha APC and using it to great effect in a raid on an enemy-held city. [[/folder]]

* 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 [[BiggerOnTheInside bigger inside than out]] -- the squad can stand up within the APC, but are taller than it outside.
* ''Film/{{Soldier}}'''s Crawler APC, is just as sophisticated as the Colonial Marine APC: armored side doors, missile launchers, a dual machine gun turret, a remote-controlled mortar, tires larger than its passengers and a command interface fixed onto the driver's pod. The director [[WordOfGod claims]] that the Crawler is almost as powerful as a tank. The model was built from a stripped-down tractor. But just like the Colonial Marine APC, it had interior size problems when it comes to people 6 feet tall. The solution: hire 5-footers. Oh, and just in case you're wondering, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/soldier_movie_-_crawler_screenshot.jpg this is what it looks like]].
* A number of the vehicle in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies would count, with the regular troops often outnumbering crew.
** 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 ''Episode II'' and the ''Clone Wars'' TV series. 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.

* ''Film/BillionDollarBrain''. The tanker-trucks of Texas oil billionaire General Midwinter are disguised troop transports armed with machine-gun turrets and rocket launchers. Subverted when they're curb-stomped by the Soviet Air Force. No matter how awesome your personnel carriers are, you still need air support.
* In ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'', Sinclair's team enter virus-infected Scotland through the rebuilt Hadrian Wall in a pair of sleek-looking APC said to be the last of their types. They look heavy but a crossbow arrow kills one of the drivers - though the action doesn't let audience wonder about armor long enough to suspend suspension of disbelief.
* In ''Film/BlackHawkDown'', the Pakistani troops display this trope by playing TheCavalry the smart way: by charging in heavy APCs that could withstand the withering crossfire that the American Humvees couldn't. However once rescued the Americans aren't happy to be told they're expected to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_desant ride on top of the vehicle]], out in the open.
* The EM-50 from ''Film/{{Stripes}}'' is an example that is PlayedForLaughs (but is still Awesome).

* Subverted in ''Film/DieHard''. After the initial assault on the front doors fails, SWAT sends in "the car", an APC that immediately gets stuck on the railings of the front steps, then hit by an RPG. Then by another one. So much for full frontal assault on a fortified position.
** It is a Ford M8 Greyhound, a UsefulNotes/WW2-vintage armored car used in the reconnaissance role. It had a small caliber cannon and a crew of four, but no troop transport capacity. The one used by the LAPD has had the turret and gun removed.
** The bad guy hacker calls it "an RV", and when it gets blown up, gleefully shouts that "the quarterback is toast!"
* The Herkimer Battle Jitney in ''Film/MysteryMen''. Dr. Heller (Tom Waits)--"Wait! You have a Herkimer Battle Jitney? That's the finest nonlethal military vehicle ever made!"
* In ''Film/ThePentagonWars'', {{Inverted|Trope}} to hell and back by the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a stupid MasterOfNone rolling deathtrap designed by the whims of bureaucracy and self-interested politics. It is conceptualized as a combined weapons platform, troop transport and scout vehicle, and cannot effectively do ''any'' of those things. It can't fight because the armour is too thin (to save weight for the insane amount of stuff it carries, especially as it is also designed to be ''amphibious'') and dedicated combat vehicles will chew it up and spit it out; it can't carry a full squad because the planned spaces for the men were removed to make room for all the ammo; and it can't be stealthy because it is twelve feet tall and has a colossal cannon and missile launcher on it, which make it an obvious target for every enemy on the field. This is [[TroubledProduction While the Bradley IFV's development history really was long complicated]] a lot of how it is represented in Pentagon Wars is [[RealityIsUnrealistic highly exaggerated or misrepresented]] check out the RealLife section below.[[note]] Summarized briefly, the Bradley was not originally a troop carrier that snowballed out of control, but rather was built around its main weapon from the start. It was always intended to be a [[GlassCannon Hard hitting Vehicle with a large gun]] and the relatively thin armor (Though comparable to the BMP-1 and 2 it was intended to fight) and tall height was compensated for by [[AlphaStrike using it's firewpower to knock the enemy out before they could fire back]]. The reduced capacity was understood as a NecessaryDrawback in order to carry the firepower, because IFV's in general have a different set of priorities to traditional APCs [[/note]]
* The villains in ''Film/{{Sheena}}'' use a UR-416 armored car as one of their main vehicles. Subverted in that it gets taken out by an elephant, who easily overturns it during the climax.

** [[SergeantRock Shirakabe]], due to his rank in the PrivateMilitaryCompany Drankam, has one. It’s noted it’s standard to get a double share of mission rewards, to pay for its upkeep. It has automated machineguns on it, and it’s used to launch two of his buddies on motorcycles out the back during one battle, and for medevac operations during another.
** The MadScientist Yatsubiyashi sets up a field clinic as an excuse to track down one of his escaped test subjects, setting it up in a large converted APC, where he overcharges injured hunters in order to force them to work for him in exchange for discounts. He ends up lifting it off its side, which he can due to his ProfessorGuineaPig experiments giving himself SuperStrength.
** Due to the high ammo consumption of his chain-gun equivalent [[BifurcatedWeapon SSB multi-weapon rifles]], Akira buys a small APC to make sure he doesn’t run out of ammo, and rides his CoolBike out the back of it. It ends up getting blown to pieces (like most of his vehicles), but only after Akira's used up all the spare ammo inside.
* Appear in ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'' by Creator/HarryTurtledove used by the Lizards (given the technology used by them they're likely comparable to a Russian BMP, albeit powered by hydrogen). While described as combatable by Tosevite landcruisers... er, human tanks the missiles often carried by them are quite nasty against human tanks.
* ''Literature/TheZone'' series by James Rouch. The [=FV499=] Hovercraft APC used by the RagtagBunchOfMisfits in the CrapsackWorld of WW3 Europe. According to the stats at the start of "Hard Target"...
-->A planned production of 300 was cut to 60 due to shortage of engines. Issue is limited to Armoured Reconnaissance and Special Anti-tank units. In both roles they have proved highly popular with users, exceptional speed and cross-country performance giving them a survival rate three times that of any other NATO combat vehicle. A major drawback of the type is the difficulty of recovery if battle damage results in total loss of power. Plans for a special transporter were shelved when production was curtailed.
* The main characters use a heavily modified Alvis [=PV2=] "Stalwart" to venture forth into a London that has been taken over by FesteringFungus.

* ''Series/UFO1970'': The fully tracked Mobiles of SHADO have a radar dish on top and carry a squad of assault rifle-toting {{redshirt}}s for taking on the anonymous alien invaders yet are small enough to be deployed via aircraft.
* ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'': With their SWAT Mode comes with a SWAT truck that's loaded with cannons and can crash through pretty much anything.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has a plethora of them:
** The Imperial Guard has the Chimera, which is essentially a BMP In SPACE!!
*** Not to mention the Valkyrie Gunship, which is essentially a Hind In SPACE!!
** The Space Marines have Rhinos, which are essentially [[strike: [[Memes/TabletopGames metal BAWKSES]]]] M113s In SPACE!! They also have the Land Raider, which is essentially a mobile fortress packing twin-linked heavy bolters and lascannons. Alternatively, one can view the Land Raider as just a World War I tank In SPACE!!
*** Note, however, that the Rhino isn't particularly awesome for this trope's specifications: its armour and firepower are rather modest for game standards (the IG Chimera mentioned above is ''better'' armed and armoured). Then again, the SpaceMarines inside are also better armed and armored than the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]].

*** Let's not forget that this same "APC" is used by the Arbites - the police - on Imperial worlds. The cops don't drive around in squad cars. They drive around in fucking tanks. And they will use a whole station house's worth of Rhinos to barricade a damn street if they need to.
*** The Land Raider has, recently, undergone the same level of insane modding as its Rhino cousin. Anything you can stick on a Rhino these days, you can stick on a Land Raider - but more. (Helios has a multiple missile launcher like the Whirlwind, Prometheus has a massive comms array like the Damocles Rhino, Redeemer has a pair of super flamers and assault cannons like a Bhaal Predator... and so on, up to one variant which has a fortress-busting siege cannon on its forward miniturret).

** The Sisters of Battle use the Immolator, which is also built on the Rhino chassis and usually features turret-mounted flamers - essentially, a Razorback modded as a chapel. They also field the Reppressor, an even more awesome version of the basic Rhino, with expanded transport capacity, a flamethrower miniturret, and a massive bulldozer blade.
*** Like the Marines, they also have the Exorcist, which mounts a Pipe Organ/Multiple Missile Launcher.

** The Eldar have the Wave Serpant grav-tank fitting into the APC role, with an [[DeflectorShields energy shielded prow]] and a pair of heavy infantry scale weapons mounted on top, while their Falcon grav-tank fits into the [=IFV=] role, being able to carry smaller squads than the Wave Serpent but having superior weaponry for suppressing enemy armor and infantry.
** The Imperial Guard have the Stormlord Super Heavy Tank, its basic chassis is shared with that the other Imperial Guard Super Heavies (i.e. [=BaneBlade=] Shadowsword) and it can carry 40 guardsmen and has enough firepower to slaughter any infantry in sight.
** Don't forget the Eldar Storm Serpent in Epic, this thing doesn't carry infantry like a normal APC but has an in built webway gate which can pump out as many reinforcements as you need from half the galaxy away.

** Epic scale also brings the Capitol Imperialis and Leviathan to the Imperials. Both are giant tanks the size of, and capable of going toe-to-toe with, [[HumongousMecha titans]]. The former is 50m tall and sports a main gun large enough to fit several regular tanks, which also carries a few companies of infantry. The latter scales the guns down a bit, but is a dedicated troop transport capable of carrying a decent size army on its own.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' has nearly as many [=APC=]s, if not more. Such as the heavily-armed Coalition Mark V, the amphibious Iwo Jima-class hovercraft, or the German Leopard III, which not only carries infantry, but can also lug around a ''small tank''' for extra firepower.
** Extra points for many Coalition APCs being VTOL aircraft, and one giant 8-wheeler. While not bristling with turrets like a Victorian battleship in the manner of the previously mentioned Mark V or Leopard, it is is immense as it carries a squad of PoweredArmor.
* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' also fields a number of [=APC=]s and [=IFVs=] which include wheeled, tracked, hover, and flying varieties.
** ''[=BattleTech=]'' is also quite guilty of mixing the categories. The ten-ton 'generic' [=APCs=] aren't much to write home about and thus not this trope (and in fact can't even be used ''as'' [=APCs=] without optional rules because their infantry bays are too small for a full platoon) -- on the other hand one gets things like the Maxim Heavy Hover "[[TechnicallyATransport Transport]]", which dedicates all of three of its fifty tons to transport space (just enough for a single platoon on foot), but packs a fair-sized array of missiles and machine guns to 'defend' itself with. Adding to this, [=OmniMechs=] and -Vehicles of any stripe can serve as {{Awesome Personnel Carrier}}s to ''battle armor'' infantry, a friendly four- to six-trooper unit of whom can simply hitch a ride on any of them by clinging to dedicated handholds on the outside.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the Siege Crab, a [[MagicEnhancement magically altered and reinforced]] [[GiantEnemyCrab Giant Friend Crab]] with a cabin [[{{Squick}} hollowed out of it's body]]. A magical piece of headgear lets the wearer control the crab, so it can be used to both carry people through dangerous environments and crush enemies in its four claws.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' has the ATV (not to be confused with those four-wheeled dirtbike things), which is a fully enclosed and pressurized vehicle capable of carrying 15 passengers, has a hardpoint for a turret, and is a common add-on for spaceships. And the AFV which sacrifices some passenger space for a triple laser turret. And finally G-carriers, essentially a HoverTank that can carry passengers.

* In ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'', the Toa Terrain Crawler is a living example. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse It was only used once.]]
* ''Toys/LEGOAlienConquest''[='s=] Earth Defense HQ set. It helps that the set is, by common consensus, exceedingly well-designed and as such is something of an EnsembleDarkHorse among LEGO's 2011 lineup.
-->''"You will respect the truck! You will keep the truck’s weapons loaded and its tank fueled up! You will polish the truck’s armor plating each and every day! When the truck saves you from alien brain-drainers – and it will – you will thank the truck sincerely! Now get on board and MOVE OUT!!!”''

* ''VideoGame/AliensExtermination'' lovingly recreated the APC from the second movie of the series, with an entire level having the players evacuating on the APC while gunning down surrounding alien drones in a tunnel.
* ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarfare'' features a whole slew of [=IFV=]s, ranging from early model [=BMPs=] to cutting edge vehicles such as the T-15 Armata. They usually have good mobility, excellent stealth, and a combination of autocannon and anti-tank missiles that can output very high amounts of sustained damage. Their unique Troop Compartment module grants faster repair of damaged modules and higher base capture rate, though they can't actually deploy mechanized infantry until the American Dream update.

* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce EXTRAPOWER Attack of Darkforce]]'' Has the Jaeger 2, the BaseOnWheels for the SPICA mercenary group and, later, for the player characters as well. An APC with a comfortably large command center, space for research and medicine, and its plating and make it a powerful presence on the battlefield. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking It can even transport troops]].
* ''Videogame/PlanetSide'' has several : The amphibious 5-seat Deliverers (which look like beefed-up futuristic Hummers) and their faction variants, with their own unique weapons. The Sunderer or "Bang Bus" is an absolutely massive bus covered in guns with the capability of carrying players in MAX armor and seating 11 users. The Sunder was later removed from the game and replaced with a uniquely armed variant for each faction, though all variants have a cattle catcher, an EMP blast ability, and ball turrets on the sides. ''Planetside 2'' only has the Sunderer, but it functions much better as an APC due to far better handling, [[CarFu ability to run over smaller vehicles]], [[MoreDakka a metric crapton of weapons]], and an array of support abilities like [[BaseOnWheels deploying to turn into a spawn point]] and [[NoSell being able to phase through anti-vehicle barriers]] for a limited time.
* [=APCs=] are units available for both NORAD and WOPR in ''VideoGame/WarGamesDefcon1'', being used to transport drones, personnel, scientists and the like across enemy territories. One notable mission in Hong Kong has an objective where players must direct an amphibious APC across the harbour to retrieve a drone on an infiltration mission in order to scan the drone's memory banks.
* ''VideoGame/WargameEuropeanEscalation'' is played on such large maps that infantry moving on foot would never be able to get to where they're needed, so every infantry squad comes with a transport vehicle. Most of them are listed under RealLife, below.

** One particularly hilarious example from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' is the Bullfrog, an otherwise-normal APC armed with an anti-air gun. Its only outstanding feature is its method of delivery: instead of unloading the troops, it fires them out of a cannon on its back. So we've got a scenario in which you can parachute [[BearsAreBadNews armored war bears]] onto a group of infantry. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential And the bears have a stun ability and instant-kill attacks]]. The downside is that it's suicide to unload the troops in an area where the enemy has anti-air defenses.

** The Allied Multigunner IFV, also from ''Red Alert 3'', is billed as an IFV despite only carrying one soldier -- but its weapon changes to match that unit's specialty (i.e., loading a rocket trooper gives it (more) rocket pods, loading a [[AnIcePerson Cryo Legionnaire]] gives it an ice beam) -- it can even gain weapons from troops of other factions.
** The Nod Subterranean APC in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun''' combines this with DrillTank. Even more awesome still for being able to carry the [[SuperSoldier Cyborg Commando]], the ultimate Nod unit in the game, right into the center of an enemy base.Unfortunately, its WeaksauceWeakness is the inability to burrow through concrete, meaning the enemy can rather cheaply cover his entire base with concrete slabs, preventing the APC from surfacing.
** The Reckoner from ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars Kane's Wrath]]'' is a bit of an odd-ball. It is completely unarmed and infantry can't fire from within it, until it deploys--at which point it becomes a permanent bunker.
** Humvees in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' could be equipped with drones for self repair and scouting. Not only that, but it could also carry up to five infantry that could all fire out of the windows, essentially making the Humvee a mobile bunker. Additionally, Overlords were so damn large that you could ''build a Bunker on top of its turret'' (and the Chinese tank general has Emperor Overlords that can carry both a Bunker ''and'' a Propaganda Tower). The GLA has their Battle Bus, an [[TheAllegedCar alleged transport]] that can carry ten infantry and has double health. If destroyed once, it became a stationary bunker from which troops could fire out of until it is destroyed again.

** Lets not forget the [[ChickenWalker Behemoth]] from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'', which combines APC with ''Heavy Artillery''.
** The [=MARV=] Tank and the Avatar {{Hero Unit}}s 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.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' gives us the Lancer in the Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC. At 4, it seats double the number of players. All players have some kind of weapon they can use against enemies. It has at least 50% more hitpoints than the next strongest vehicle in the game. Requires doing ajob for scooter to get it, though.
* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'': Featuring throughout the series, the Mechanized Infantry represents the ultimate form of infantry unit in most entries. They are generally intended for defensive roles, e.g. city garrisons, and often modeled after real-world examples of this trope like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Bradley the M2 Bradley]].

* The BTR, BMP, M2 Bradley and Humvee in the ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' series take their RealLife counterparts and thrust them into a fictional war with each other. The Seaknight is an airborne version equipped with a machine gun and a Mark-19 auto grenade launcher. Ditto for the helicopters that enemies [[FastRoping fastrope]] in from, which have mounted machine guns that can kill you almost instantly on Veteran.
* The Stryker used by Drebin and the PMC's in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', you also get to ride on top of Drebins during the epic chase scene in chapter 2.
* ''VideoGame/ProjectReality'' gives us the BMP-3, which packs more firepower than most tanks in the game, is amphibious, and still has room for a full infantry squad.
* The APC the player and his squad ride around in in the second ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'' game.
* ''VideoGame/RedFactionGuerrilla'' has drivable [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier IFVs]], mounted with machine guns, [[MoreDakka rail guns]] another other futuristic weaponry, forming an integral part of the enemy EDF's presence on Mars. They are notable for the loving detail of their models and are undoubtedly cool.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect''
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' had the player travel around between important points on planets in the Mako which could be dropped in from high atmosphere (kind of like a DropShip but with less emphasis on the ship part and more on the ''drop'') and had significant armaments to justify its own battle sequences (though you could always get out and try killing them all with your firearms if you felt so inclined, especially since riding the Mako instills an ExperiencePenalty) in the form of a powerful railgun that hits with the power of a tank's main gun and a mass accelerator machine gun. As with all weapons in the Mass Effect universe, these have effectively unlimited ammo. On top of that, it's ''very durable'' complete with absurdly resilient shields and thick armor, letting it shrug off a dozen anti-tank rockets without even losing the shields.

* Most ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' games have this in one form or another. ''[=BF2=]'' gives us the LAV-25 and its Chinese and Russian counterparts, which are in fact so well-rounded in terms of firepower, armour and speed that most people forget they were initially meant to transport and fight alongside infantry. In ''Bad Company 2'', [=APCs=] are referred to as "light tanks", but that name is misleading. With 3 machine guns and 1 autocannon, a fully-crewed "light tank" can murder infantry in any direction and it never runs out of ammo. With the alternative weapon upgrade, it can also utilize its wire-guided missile launcher to fight off enemy tanks.
** Well, BMP ''is'' based on a light tank chassis, and ''does'' count as one in international treaties in RealLife.
** Special mention goes to the A3-Goliath IFV from ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142'', a truly massive vehicle armed with grenade launchers, autocannons, and machine guns, with armor that is strong enough to withstand strikes ''from orbit''. Oh yeah, and its armor ''regenerates''. It usually takes a lot of heavy firepower to put that beast down.
* Being a mil-sim, ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'' is loaded with these. The BMP-1 is ubiquitous throughout most of the campaigns, either as a friend or as a foe. Particularly nasty are the BMP-2 and the Bradley, as both mount powerful autocannons that can rip apart enemy squads and light vehicles from ''kilometers'' away. In ''OFP'''s successors, ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' and ''ARMA II'', the Bradley is replaced by variants of the LAV-25. The OPFOR continue to use BMP variants.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' uses most of the major [=APC=]s from ''Warhammer 40000,'' upgrading them to Clown Car status in the process. The Chimera holds ''42 soldiers'' in some incarnations, though they still die like Guardsmen.
* The [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090527030927/half-life/en/images/6/62/APC.jpg Combine APC]] from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' looks pretty cool. Its design features room for several fully equipped soldiers, a siren, [[ImmuneToBullets bulletproof armour,]] [[LightningBruiser a good speed,]] and the ability to be plugged in and provide external power for other applications when it's not in use. Its armaments include a mortar-esque [[LaserSight laser guided]] missile launcher, forward mounted fast firing dummy missiles, and a [[MoreDakka pulse machine gun]].
* Most of the CESO tanks from ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}'' can carry infantry with them, which basically turns CESO armies into battlegroups of Awesome Personnel Carriers.
* ''VideoGame/SoldiersOfAnarchy'' has several options in this regard, all of them real-life models.
** Humvees are the weakest (a single mine or RPG is enough; snipers can kill the crew without damaging the vehicle) and can only carry two passengers plus crew, yet they are fast and have variable weaponry (M60, TOW missile or grenade launcher). They can also carry combat gear, unlike the others.
** [=BTR-60s=] have the second highest capacity (10 passengers plus crew) of all ground vehicles. They use a turret-mounted machine gun and smoke grenade launcher, perfect for hot drops.
** The BMP-1 is a rather fearsome opponent, armed with a machine gun, a cannon and ''AT-2 anti-tank missiles''. It can't carry as many passengers but it more than makes up for that with its significant firepower.
** Finally, there is an M163 around mid-game that can carry as much people as the BMP even though it's technically a [[GatlingGood self-propelled anti-aircraft gun]]. An APC with a minigun, how cool is that?
* The Armadillo and its [[WeaponizedCar technical version]], the Junker, from ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar''. Although driving it [[ScrappyLevel isn't quite so awesome.]]
* ''VideoGame/GroundControl'' had an APC that could fire at ground or air targets and heal/ repair other units all while carrying a squad of soldiers in PowerArmor. The sequel APC's where considerable less cool but did come with fun tools like flame-throwers and smoke screens. They also had a separate repair vehicle that could carry four soldiers.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'': [[TheSquad Class G's]] vehicle can be configured as an APC, which only requires one command point to activate, while most tank chassis require at least two. The Utility APC frame has an exceptionally high capacity for equipment, allowing it to adapt to almost any situation. It can build bridges and ladders to bypass enemy fortifications, negate GeoEffects for nearby allies, break rocks to create paths, and more. While it is less durable than a tank and can't equip any of the anti-tank turrets, the flamethrower is very good for taking out bunkers or clusters of enemy soldiers (especially before you can upgrade your shocktroopers to commandos) and its carrying capability lets you stock a lancer or mauler to deal with any tanks it encounters. The tank/APC debate essentially boils down to "One CP light tank vs. Utility APC", with many preferring the APC because of the flexibility it provides. This functionality was carried over to and improved on in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII''.
* The ''Bear'' APC from ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''. It features an independent driver-controlled MG turret, six wheels, heavy armour, seating for 4 or 5 passengers, and can keep up with most four-wheeled vehicles. You can even install a NitroBoost in it! It's the closest the game gets to TankGoodness.

* The APC's of ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' got an upgrade in ''Days of Ruin''; now they are Rigs, which in addition to transporting infantry and resupplying any adjacent units, (including naval and even air units, as well as other rigs) can also build repair stations for naval units (on beaches) and air units (on plains).
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout Tactics|BrotherhoodOfSteel}}''[='=] APC was one of the few vehicles that could carry your entire squad. And while it had no weapons itself, your entire squad could shoot out.
* The "[[MookMaker Transporter]]" enemy from ''VideoGame/MiniRobotWars'' appears as a regular, mook-spawning APC... until it get a helicopter upgrade in the second playthrough. Then it becomes a ''[[AirborneMook flying]]'' APC.
* ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'' has a highway tunnel where you run up against a pair of APC's with machine gun turrets, and you must [[BlackoutBasement kill the lights]] to advance.
* One of the villains in ''VideoGame/PerfectDarkZero'' has a [[FutureCopter jet VTOL]] combination gunship/personnel transport.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' has the M312 Elephant, which also serves as a mobile infantry barracks. The M313 version has cameos in ''VideoGame/Halo3'' and ''[[VideoGame/Halo3ODST ODST]]'', but it isn't usable except on the multiplayer map "Sandtrap"; it's big enough to transport light vehicles in addition to people.
** The Mammoth, introduced in ''VideoGame/Halo4'', is basically an upgraded and even bigger version of the Elephant that also has a giant [[MagneticWeapons MAC]] cannon.
** ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite'' introduces the Razorback, a new vehicle that resembles an up-armoured Troop Transport Warthog and serves a similar role, though with the added benefit of a rear-mounted rack from which Support or certain Power Weapons can be stored onto, with two additional slots for fusion coils. The turret is removed and replaced with seating for four additional passengers. Especially if they are properly armed, having five allies with rocket launchers easily outstrips the firepower of a turret gunner and one passenger.
* ''VideoGame/GhostReconAdvancedWarfighter'' has the Stryker and Bradley on the player's side, and the Mowag and Panhard on the the enemy's side.
* The Cops in ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'' don't fuck around. Their solution to stopping an AxeCrazy speedster who's been mowing down innocent pedestrians? Send a bunch of APC's known as Squad Cars to wreck him/her to death. These [[DemonicSpiders Squad Cars]] are [[LightningBruiser fast, extremely resilient and hit hard]]. When they don't work, the [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Special Forces]] come in with the ultimate in road justice: the [[EliteMook Suppressor]]. Bigger, faster and harder than the Squad Cars, this behemoth can wreck pretty much any other car in the game and can even ''outrace them''. It appears near the end of the game, [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt but if you waste it, you get it]] and the remainder of the game will be a cakewalk.
** It returns in ''TDR 2000'' and is notable for being ThatOneBoss. It appears as the final target in the last mission, driven by the police commissioner who has the [[spoiler:killswitch to the nuke he had armed]]. [[TimedMission You have to wreck him before the timer runs out]]. And you don't have much time. And his Suppressor is NighInvulnerable, only being [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak on it's underside]] so you'll have to flip him on his side somehow. All this while you're being [[FlunkyBoss rammed around and grenaded by a bunch of lesser cop cars]]. [[NintendoHard Yeah]]. [[spoiler:[[GuideDangIt Unless you can find the Nuke power up somewhere near your starting position]] which can be used to [[OneHitKill wreck it in one shot]], provided that you yourself stay clear from the explosion...]]
** As a nod to the first game, in the last race immediately before the last mission, a DegradedBoss version of the Suppressor (though actually a brand new one fresh from the production lines) will be parked near the ''starting line'', though its actually there to confront you when you make a full lap. Naturally, you might capture it's attention should you go backwards when the race begins, along with the attention of [[DemonicSpiders two cop cars]].
* In ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune'': The Atredies and Ordos used APCs. The Atredies one can use an InvisibilityCloak while not moving and the Ordos one is a very nimble HoverTank with a rocket turret for anti-vehicle defense and anti-aircraft defense.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'', the later troop transports ([[spoiler:Shrike]] and especially [[spoiler:Valkyrie]]) definitely count, but the good old Chinook is pretty awesome too in its own class.
* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' you fight a Stryker at the end of the Saudi Arabia hub. Later on if you chose SIE as your handler for "Intercept Surkov at US Embassy", you'll get to "Assault Brayko's Mansion" manning the turret of another.
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'''s ''Lightning'', ''Blue Jet'', ''Elve'', ''Gigantic'' and ''Red Sprite'' straddle the line between IFV, APC and CoolShip, as they share attributes of all three: they are insanely well equipped with plasma armor, limited VTOL capabilities and attack turrets, but they are unsuited for entering each of the Schwartzwelt's sectors for direct combat due to terrain issues, though the ''Red Sprite'' does a wonderful job of directly engaging Horkos. Each carries a massive contingent of armed soldiers and support units, and have enough supplies and technology to count as independent bases by themselves.
* ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'''s seventh level has you aided by an APC armed with a [[{{BFG}} railgun]] that can take out [[GiantMook Romanovs]] in one shot.
* ''Videogame/BattleZone1998'' has a [[HoverTank hovering APC]] for both the Americans and the Soviets. They are heavily armored but have no inherent weapons, instead relying on their ability to deploy half a dozen heavily armored and comparatively tiny soldiers that are difficult to hit. The ISDF in ''Battlezone II'' retain the APC, which instead of hovering close to the ground, flies a hundred meters in the air above the range of most defenses before [[DynamicEntry landing in the middle of an enemy base]] to deploy even more heavily armored shock troopers armed with bazookas and grenades, who can wreak havoc in a densely built-up base.
* The M113s play an important role in several missions of ''VideoGame/MenOfValor'', which is not surprising for a game set during the Vietnam War. You even get a chance to see the APC's troop compartment from inside while being transported to the battlefield.
* ''VideoGame/{{WarWind}}'' has the Incinerator used by the Marines. The vehicle has decent armour, can carry up to four units, and is armed with a ''double-mounted'' flamethrower. However, it is vulnerable to enemy units with Deconstructor ability, and can easily massacre your own troops (if the friendly fire option is activated in the options menu).
* As also noted in the Real Life section, the British Kangaroo carrier in ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes''. It's the chassis of a full battle tank, just with the turret removed and the interior filled with seating. It's not particularly well-armed (though infantry can fire their weapons out of the top of it), fast or even pretty, but boy, [[StoneWall can the thing take a pounding]], and they have the highest capacity of any troop carrier in the game - 15 men in 4 squads. Many British players prefer them over the unit they replace, the Cromwell medium tank, as they solve many of the faction's flaws, chief among which is a vulnerability to snipers and flamethrowers.
* ''Videogame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' features the flying, [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace space version]], the Space Pirate ATC (Armoured Tactical Carriers), and their upgraded counterpart, the Assault Skiff. Both will drop off space pirates and continue to provide aerial support via laser fire. They have a weakness in the front-facing heat vents, subverting the 'armoured' aspect.
* A rather unconventional example as it's actually a sentient being, but Nydus Worms from ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' work as the only ground-based transport in the game. They are burrowing transports can unborrow ''anywhere'' in the map and can transport a huge amount of units through it. Even if they have a weakness in that their unburrowing is very noticeable is compensated come ''Legacy of the Void'' where they become invulnerable while unborrowing.
* The "AC-HMV” Gun Trucks of Bit Monster's ''Gunner Z'' are basically customizable IFV that have a crane on a turret for mounting guns that range from a Browning .50 to the 30mm Gau Avenger, a lightning gun and a weapon that shoots razor-sharp discs the size of truck tires. However given that it's too dangerous for your driver and you to exit out of the AC-HMV, your gun truck acts more like a CoolTank.
* An update to ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra2HeroesOfStalingrad'' introduced the German Sd Kfz 251 Ausf. C and Lend-Lease Universal Carrier for the Wehrmacht and Red Army. Both can be driven by just about any regular soldier, can carry up to a half dozen men, and have usable machine-guns.
* In ''Camp Defense'' from stereo7 Games, taking place in their ''Last Defense'' setting, you are fighting off zombies and raiders with a heavy-duty truck that has a multi-storied frame in its back. The frame carries various post-apocalypse heroes that can shoot or use special abilities. Additionally modules may be added to the frame, ranging from a cauldron of coals to the turret of a tank and a four-barrelled AA gun to a force-field generator.
* In the second main story arc of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', known as ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt'', Chaldea has the Shadow Border. At first, they use it as a makeshift mobile base, but they continue using it as their main form of transportation after setting up a more permanent base within the Wandering Sea. It establishes its awesome credentials early on by first escaping from their original base (which, mind you, is in ''Antarctica''), then by initiating a Zero Sail, a process that allows them to travel through Imaginary Numbers space. Later on they upgrade to the [[CoolShip Storm Border]], but the Shadow Border is still used for deploying personnel on foot or for situations where the Storm Border is simply too large to function.

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** The 2010 ZombieApocalypse story arc featured an apparently up-armed version of the APC from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', its firepower consisting in part of an [[MacrossMissileMassacre ungodly amount of guided missiles]] as well as [[MoreDakka several machine]] [[GatlingGood gun turrets]].
** Before that, Doc fitted a regular [=M2A3=] Bradley IFV with a hot tub, complete with girls and probably an entertainment system, as a gift for the Army after the RealLife capture of UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein, in 2003.
* ''Webcomic/RankAmateur'' includes the HSD's all-terrain six-wheel ''Venturer'' vehicles - They're the size of dump trucks, and can carry their own artillery banks.
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' features something of a [[http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=189 cross between an APC and a Winnebago]], and designed to spend days at a time in [[DeathWorld the Silent World]] with a reasonable degree of safety and comfort. Although it's quite a bit less awesome than [[http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=185 some of the others in that garage]], and a bit [[UsedFuture used]] to boot.

* WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries travelled on the ground in the Migrator, which had various weapons and features built in. In one episode, it got damaged and they tried using a [[SuperPrototype new model]]... [[HilarityEnsues it didn't end well]].
* The police in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' have RoaringTwenties-style [[http://avatarthelastairbenderonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Polic-Truck.png armored trucks]] for carrying officers into dangerous situations.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'':
** [[SergeantRock Shirakabe]], due to his rank in the PrivateMilitaryCompany Drankam, has one. It’s noted it’s standard to get a double share of mission rewards, to pay for its upkeep. It has automated machineguns on it, and it’s used to launch two of his buddies on motorcycles out the back during one battle, and for medevac operations during another.
** The MadScientist Yatsubiyashi sets up a field clinic as an excuse to track down one of his escaped test subjects, setting it up in a large converted APC, where he overcharges injured hunters in order to force them to work for him in exchange for discounts. He ends up lifting it off its side, which he can due to his ProfessorGuineaPig experiments giving himself SuperStrength.
** Due to the high ammo consumption of his chain-gun equivalent [[BifurcatedWeapon SSB multi-weapon rifles]], Akira buys a small APC to make sure he doesn’t run out of ammo, and rides his CoolBike out the back of it. It ends up getting blown to pieces (like most of his vehicles), but only after Akira's used up all the spare ammo inside.

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* ''Series/{{UFO}}''. The fully-tracked Mobiles of SHADO have a radar dish on top and carry a squad of assault rifle-toting {{redshirt}}s for taking on the anonymous alien invaders, yet are small enough to be deployed via aircraft.
* ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'': With their SWAT Mode comes with a SWAT truck that's loaded with cannons and can crash through pretty much anything.
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*** As of 2008, Israel started to produce an actual APC based on the Merkava chassis called ''Namer''[[note]]Hebrew for "leopard", but also an [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] of "'''Na'''gmash" (Hebrew for APC) and "'''Mer'''kava".[[/note]], making it a truly AwesomePersonnelCarrier. It's easily the best-protected APC in the world. The original plan was a conversion of obsolete Merkava Mark I tanks, along the lines of the above-mentioned T-55 and Centurion conversions. But ultimately, only the prototypes were built in this manner and production models instead used newly-built hulls based on the current, even better-armored Merkava Mark IV design.

* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Advanced Warfighter'' has the Stryker and Bradley on the player's side, and the Mowag and Panhard on the the enemy's side.

* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the US fielded a simple vehicle known as the Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT). In essence, this was a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin landing craft with tracks]] on it, capable of hitting the beach and rolling inland from there. It was originally intended to haul cargo ashore without forcing troops to drag heavy crates up the beach, but it didn't take long for it to be equipped with ever increasing amounts of armor protection and firepower. The Marines loved it, but lacking much in the way of mechanics, they were unable to maintain them. Typiaclly a Marine unit would roll ashore with a complement of LVTs, using them to provide mobile cover and fire support until they would break down and be abandoned where they stopped, and hope to get a replacement later. The LVT(8) was essentially an amphibious tank: in addition to the two HMG positions it carried the turret of an M5 Stuart tank in a fully enclosed superstructure. it was still also capable of carrying troops or cargo.
* Recently, due to the battlefield saturation with [=IFVs=] and antitank weapons, a new class of [=APCs=] started to appear -- namely, a ''heavy'' IFV: essentially a full-on [[TankGoodness main battle tank]] with all attendant protection, but carrying not a large caliber gun, but a common IFV kit -- [[MoreDakka an autocannon or grenade launcher]] and a squad of infantry. Many are, in fact, conversions of an older [=MBTs=] too obsolete for their original role, but still too solid and functional to be worth scrapping.

Enter the Awesome Personnel Carrier, the all-around badass vehicle not just meant to be an overpriced and underarmored taxi. In modern warfare settings, expect these to be ripped off from the BMP and M2 Bradley series of vehicles or some of their relations. In sci-fi settings, this might incorporate more elements of the Cool Tank or have an exotic unloading method, or even take it UpToEleven by being a DropShip.

* The Cops in ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'' don't fuck around. Their solution to stopping an AxeCrazy speedster who's been mowing down innocent pedestrians? Send a bunch of APC's known as Squad Cars to wreck him/her to death. These [[DemonicSpiders Squad Cars]] are [[LightningBruiser fast, extremely resilient and hit hard]]. When they don't work, the [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Special Forces]] come in with the ultimate in road justice: the [[EliteMook Suppressor]]. [[UpToEleven Bigger, faster and harder]] than the Squad Cars, this behemoth can wreck pretty much any other car in the game and can even ''outrace them''. It appears near the end of the game, [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt but if you waste it, you get it]] and the remainder of the game will be a cakewalk.

* The Lancer seen in the first game/DLC shows up in ''Fanfic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], albeit heavily modified for long-range travel. In the sequel, ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', ''Fireant'' blastboats serve this role [[RecycledInSPACE IN SPACE]] since troop-carrying shuttles without armaments have ([[JustifiedTrope justifiably]]) been out-of-favor for as long as ships have had point-defense guns, starfighter escorts [[spoiler:, or Flood infestations]].

* ''Videogame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'' features the flying, [[RecycledInSpace space version]], the Space Pirate ATC (Armoured Tactical Carriers), and their upgraded counterpart, the Assault Skiff. Both will drop off space pirates and continue to provide aerial support via laser fire. They have a weakness in the front-facing heat vents, subverting the 'armoured' aspect.