armoured car


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Synonyms for armoured car

an armor-plated truck with strong doors and locks used to transport money or valuables

a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun)

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"They Escaped In A Homemade Armoured Car," read the dramatic headline on this story.
But he is pushing."ARMOURED CARMr Kaparo's push is emboldened by the law, which does not expressly ban armoured car benefits but only specifies the provision of a four-wheel, 3000cc engine capacity vehicle, replaceable every four years.
The armoured car is based on a standard 2.0 TDI 190ps Superb Estate and although exact details of the conversion must remain secret, the passenger cell has been reinforced to the extent that it meets the so-called PAS 300 requirements for ballistic and blast protection.
Religion gets a free ride in an armoured car because it is neither assailable by science nor rationality.
Meanwhile the marketing manager for rival armoured car provider BAE Systems, Marinus du Plessis, said there was strong demand across the Middle East for armoured vehicles as security concerns rise.
James Davies, 45, says: "The Alvis Saladin was a heavy armoured car with a 76mm main gun.
The State Department's effort to provide an armoured car to Bhatti became mired in bureaucratic detail and was hindered by strained relations between Pakistan and the United States caused by the arrest of double murder-accused Raymond Davis in Lahore, Leo added.
ISLAMABAD, March 05, 2011 (Frontier Star): The Obama administration, concerned for the safety of the Pakistani official who was assassinated Wednesday, tried in the weeks before his killing to secure an armoured car and beef up protection for him, a US official said yesterday.
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The rookie armoured car driver, played by Columbus Short, is just out of the military.
Summary: The armoured car of a prominent Iranian opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, was hit by gunfire in the northern town of Qazvin
Robbers armed with a hammer forced a security guard to hand over cash from an armoured car.
As well as several Ferrets and a Fox variant of four-wheeled armour, the rally, in the grounds of the Durham Light Infantry Museum in Durham City, will feature for the first time a six wheeled Saladin armoured car.
German Company Armoured Car Systems (ACS) has introduced its new Enok light vehicle that is based on a Mercedes-Benz G chassis.