Tracked armored vehicles are armored combat vehicles driven by tracked vehicles, and tanks are also a kind of tracked armored vehicles, but they are usually classified separately for combat purposes. 1855, British J. Cohen installed machine guns and armor on the chassis of a steam tractor. Made the world's first tracked armored vehicle and obtained the patent right.
However, this armored vehicle has not been applied in practice. At the end of World War I, Britain first developed a tracked armored personnel transport vehicle. The car has light armor and several machine guns, which can carry soldiers.
Although the armor on the car can protect the soldiers in the car from bullets, the infantry who are used to fighting on foot still call the first armored personnel carrier "sardine can" and "coffin with wheels".
19 18 In August, a chariot battalion of the British Seventh Army used armored transport vehicles for the first time in Wolfsey. 12 armored transport vehicles sprayed flames and attacked the enemy. German officers and men were extremely frightened and fled in panic. British soldiers immediately jumped out of the car and occupied German positions, so other countries discovered the military value of armored personnel carriers.
The use of tracked armored personnel carriers significantly improves the mobile combat capability of infantry and the attack power of tanks, because infantry can attack with tanks by car. In order to better fight tanks, the Soviet Union developed a tracked infantry fighting vehicle in the 1960s, which can be said to be an "enhanced version" of the tracked armored personnel transport vehicle.
Equipped with weapons (such as machine guns/machine guns, anti-tank missiles) that are more suitable for supporting infantry, rather than just weapons that tracked armored personnel carriers can only defend themselves, armored protection and off-road maneuverability are also stronger. The outstanding characteristics of tracked armored vehicles are good off-road performance and strong maneuverability, which are mainly used for personnel and material transportation and fire support.