Ifvs in a sentence

Many IFVs were also equipped with firing ports from which their infantry could fire their weapons from inside, although these were generally not successful and have been dropped from modern IFVs.

Wheeled IFVs can travel great distances on their own without needing to be transported by flat-bed trucks and railway, as required by tracked IFVs.

Pulling out of Ukraine now would avoid the catastrophic PR likely to result from russian troops publicly getting sunflowered with extreme prejudice after UAF gets their hands on modern Western MBTs and IFVs.

Joint Forces positions came under fire of 120mm and 82mm mortars proscribed by the Minsk agreements, weapons installed on IFVs, grenade launchers of various types, and small arms, including heavy machine guns.

American military simulations in the 1980s concluded a three to five-fold increase in artillery defence effectiveness when IFVs were deployed. citation Throughout its life cycle, an IFV is expected to gain 30% more weight from armour additions.

As IFVs often operate alongside tanks, being tracked means that the vehicle can go everywhere that the tanks go, which a wheeled vehicle could not.

A US Army combined arms battalion has two infantry companies with TOW missile-armed Bradley IFVs and can bring a large concentration of accurate and lethal fire to bear on an attacking enemy unit that uses AFVs.

Combined arms operations Mowag Piranha of the Irish Army, typical of wheeled IFVs under development.

Compared with "light" truck-mobile infantry, mechanized infantry can maintain rapid tactical movement and (if mounted in IFVs) possess more integral firepower.

However, facing a similar threat in Post-invasion Iraq to that which prompted the Russians to convert tanks to APCs, the occupying armies have found it necessary to apply extra armor to existing APCs and IFVs, which adds to the overall size and weight.

IFVs also often have improved armour and some have firing ports (allowing the infantry to fire personal weapons while mounted).

IFVs have a door for dismounts.

Infantry units equipped with IFVs rather than lighter vehicles are commonly designated as "heavy", indicating more combat power but also more costly long-range transportation requirements.

In most Western IFVs, the comparatively large smoothbore guns on the BMP and later variants of the Ratel have now been discarded in favour of smaller calibre autocannon.

Many forces' IFVs carry anti-tank missiles in every infantry platoon, and attack helicopters have also added anti-tank capability to the modern battlefield.

Mechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also mechanized force ).

Most APCs and IFVs are fully tracked, or are all-wheel drive vehicles (6×6 or 8×8), for mobility across rough ground.

Most IFVs also have a smoke grenade dischargers for concealment.

Most IFVs only carry six or seven infantry, but require a crew of three.

On many IFVs, a coaxial machine gun is mounted on the turret along with the main armament.