1. Jubilant Biafran soldiers celebrate on top of a destroyed Nigerian army armored personnel carrier

2. Other vehicles, such as HMMWVs and M113 armored personnel carrier, operate in a supporting role.

3. Rosomak-S - Armored personnel carrier variant for two anti-tank teams armed with Spike anti-tank guided missile.

4. 12 Thai Security forces take cover behind an armored personnel carrier as they advance toward protesters on May 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.

5. A legionnaire from the French Foreign Legion's 2REP (Foreign Parachute Regiment) sits in an armored personnel carrier en route to an operation near Badpash Kusa Kala, Afghanistan on June 20

6. The United States introduced a series of them, including successors to the wartime Landing Vehicle Tracked; but the most prolific was the M113 armored personnel carrier, of which 80,000 were produced.

7. The AAV-7A1 Amtrac, better known as the Amphibious Assault Vehicle, or simply AAV, is a tracked armored personnel carrier used by the United States Marine Corps and it is built by US Combat Systems, a subset of BAE Systems Land & Armaments