Noun
(pre-firearms warfare) Fighting between armored warriors, such as knights, heavy infantry, heavy cavalry
(mechanized warfare) Fighting using armored vehicles, such as AFVs, tanks, APCs, IFVs
(sports, uncountable) Ellipsis of armored combat fighting. (a combat sport)
(sports, countable) Ellipsis of armored combat fight. (a sports match)
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe treaty establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of military equipment, such as tanks, artillery, armored combat vehicles, combat aircraft, and combat helicopters, and provides for the destruction of weaponry in excess of those limits. Source: Internet
Corpora require this to be held as a "properly constituted armored combat" tournament. Source: Internet
He got the idea of developing a high-speed armored combat vehicle. Source: Internet