Armored personnel carrier

An armored personnel carrier, also referred to as armored vehicle, is an armored fighting vehicle designed to transport infantry and other personnel to the battlefield. They are usually equipped with a machine gun, although variants equipped with recoilless rifles, mortars, or anti-tank guided missiles do exist. However, they aren't designed for direct combat.

AVGP Grizzly Type
The AVGP Grizzly Type is a variant of the Armoured Vehicle General Purpose APC used by the Canadian army. Based on the Swiss Pirahna APC, it is equipped with a Cadillac-Gage 1-metre turret, and was primarily built for troop transport, and was given greater troop capacity by sacrificing larger firepower. They were also equipped with propellers for amphibious transport.

Prototypes were supplied to the Peace Sentinels during the 1974 Peace Walker Incident. It was also rumored that they were supplied to the Peace Sentinels by the Canadian government in secret as part of its test cycle. The Militaires Sans Frontieres later managed to procure some of the prototypes in their expanding arsenal. They were also used by their opposing army within operations outside of Costa Rica/Nicaragua. Approximately two years later, it was formally adopted into the Canadian army.

AVGP Cougar Type
The AVGP Cougar type is a variant of the Armoured Vehicle General Purpose APC used by the Canadian forces. Its main gun was upgraded to include a 7.62mm machine gun as well as a 76mm turret that originally belonged to a British Scorpion reconnaissance vehicle. It also boasted a large amount of carrying capacity. It was primarily designed as a Tank Trainer for the Canadian forces, as well as a support fire vehicle during United Nations support missions.

Prototypes of the vehicle were supplied to the Peace Sentinels, presumably by the Canadian army as part of its test cycle. The Militaires Sans Frontieres later managed to capture some of these prototypes for their expanding arsenal, and were also used by the opposing sides on their operations outside of Costa Rica/Nicaragua. Approximately two years afterwards, it was formally adopted into the Canadian army.

BTR-60 PA
The BTR-60 PA was a variant of the BTR-60 APC used by the Soviet Union. Developed in 1963, it is the main armored carrier of the Soviet Union. Like the other BTR-60 series, it was equipped with eight wheels for easy road mobility, as well as water jetter for cutting across bodies of water for transport. However, various improvements to the design were made. Namely, it has an armored roof over the troop compartment, and is fitted with closed down viewing devices for the crew.

During the 1974 Peace Walker Incident, the Peace Sentinels procured some BTR-60PAs via Vladimir Zadornov. Later on, the Militaires Sans Frontieres managed to capture several of them for their expanding resources. Their enemies when conducting various operations outside Costa Rica/Nicaragua also utilized the BTR-60PAs.

BTR-60 PB
The BTR-60 PB was a variant of the BTR-60 APC used by the Soviet Union. Developed in 1966, it included improved sighting systems for its 14.5mm KPVT heavy machinegun and an improved GAZ49B engine. In addition, its main firepower was upgraded to a 25mm Machine gun.

During the 1974 Peace Walker Incident, the Peace Sentinels procured some BTR-60PBs via Vladimir Zadornov. Later on, the Militaires Sans Frontieres managed to capture several of them for their expanding resources. Their enemies when conducting various operations outside Costa Rica/Nicaragua also utilized the BTR-60PBs.

BTR-152
The BTR-152 was a non-amphibious APC used by the Soviet Union. It was one of the first APCs developed by the Soviet Union. However, various flaws, such as lacking a roof, required the Soviet Union to create the BTR-60 line of APCs, although it eventually got a roof with the BTR-152K.

During Naked Snake's missions into Tselinoyarsk, GRU utilized various BTR-152 APCs, for guard duty and presumably for transporting purposes. While escaping with EVA, he and EVA also encountered various BTR-152s attempting to attack them. Several of them were destroyed by Volgin's shagohod, although the ones outside Groznyj Grad still hunted them down and put up a blockade.

During the seventies, although it still remained in use with the Red Army, it was largely replaced by the BTR-60 APC line.