troop carrier
Noun
Meaning
troop carrier (plural troop carriers)
A vehicle of any kind for transporting soldiers.
Hyponym: troopship
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Examples
They migrated to the United States on the troop carrier Ernie Pyle in 1949. citation Hoffmann married Eva Börjesson in 1960.
The Chinook soon proved to be such an invaluable aircraft for artillery movement and heavy logistics that it was seldom used as an assault troop carrier.