Noun
(military) Initialism of armoured fighting vehicle.
Initialism of alternative fuel vehicle.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgArmour is being supplemented with active protection systems on a number of vehicles, allowing the AFV to protect itself from incoming projectiles. Source: Internet
In larger militaries, converted AFV are likely to be used as assault breachers while the breached obstacle is still covered by enemy observation and fire, and then purpose built breaching vehicles will create additional lanes for following forces. Source: Internet
It has the heaviest armour of any AFV on the battlefield, and carries a powerful precision-guided munition weapon systems that may be able to engage a wide variety of both ground targets and air targets. Source: Internet
Successful general-purpose armoured fighting vehicles often also serve as the base of a whole family of specialized vehicles, for example, the M113 and MT-LB tracked carriers, and the MOWAG Piranha wheeled AFV. Source: Internet
Tank further The tank is an all terrain AFV designed to fill almost all battlefield roles and to engage enemy forces by the use of direct fire in the frontal assault role. Source: Internet