Infantry fighting vehicle
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER CLASSIFICATION DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DIRECT FIRE SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO TROOP TRANSPORT
IFV; MICV; Infantry Fighting Vehicle; Mechanized infantry combat vehicle; Infantry Fighting Vehicles; HIFV; Heavy infantry fighting vehicle; Infantry Fighting vehicle; Infantry Combat Vehicle; Heavy Infantry fighting vehicle; Infantry combat vehicle; Infantry fighting vehicles
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe defines an infantry fighting vehicle as "an armoured combat vehicle which is designed and equipped primarily to transport a combat infantry squad, and which is armed with an integral or organic cannon of at least 20 millimeters calibre and sometimes an antitank missile launcher".