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A British Warrior mechanized combat vehicle serving in NATO's Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997.

German SdKfz 251 half-track armoured personnel carrier in Russia during World War II, 1942.

U.S. soldiers training in M3 half-tracks, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942.

U.S. M113 armoured personnel carrier, capable of carrying 11 infantrymen besides its crew of two.

Soviet BMP-1 armoured vehicles in Afghanistan, 1988.

Russian-made BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, in service with the United Arab Emirates, being off-loaded from a landing craft in Kuwait, 2003.

An M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle during a training exercise at a U.S. military base in Kuwait.

An LAV-25 wheeled armoured vehicle being used by U.S. Marines, 2002.

U.S. soldiers in a Stryker wheeled infantry carrier at the Yakima Training Center, Washington.

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A British Warrior mechanized combat vehicle serving in NATO's Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997.

German SdKfz 251 half-track armoured personnel carrier in Russia during World War II, 1942.

U.S. soldiers training in M3 half-tracks, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942.

U.S. M113 armoured personnel carrier, capable of carrying 11 infantrymen besides its crew of two.

Soviet BMP-1 armoured vehicles in Afghanistan, 1988.

Russian-made BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, in service with the United Arab Emirates, being off-loaded from a landing craft in Kuwait, 2003.

An M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle during a training exercise at a U.S. military base in Kuwait.

An LAV-25 wheeled armoured vehicle being used by U.S. Marines, 2002.

U.S. soldiers in a Stryker wheeled infantry carrier at the Yakima Training Center, Washington.

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