Defense
Market Brief
Armored Personnel Carriers in
United States to 2021: Market Brief
Reference code: DF1036MB
Published: Sep 2011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 What is this Report About? ............................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Definitions ........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.3 Summary Methodology .................................................................................................................... 7
2 Armored Personnel Carriers in United States: Market Size .............................................. 9
2.1 Market Size – Armored Personnel Carriers ...................................................................................... 9
3 United States Armored Personnel Carriers – Category Analysis ................................... 10
4 Appendix .............................................................................................................................. 11
4.1 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................11
4.2 Contact us .......................................................................................................................................11
4.3 About ICD Research .......................................................................................................................11
4.4 Disclaimer .......................................................................................................................................11
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States Armored Personnel Carriers Market Size, US$ Million, 2011-2021 ................................................................................... 9
Table 2: United States Armored Personnel Carriers, Segmentation by Category, US$ Million, 2011-2021 ......................................................... 10
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United States Armored Personnel Carriers Market Size, US$ Million, 2011-2021 .................................................................................. 9
Figure 2: United States Armored Personnel Carriers, Segmentation by Category, (% share), 2011-2021 ........................................................... 10
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INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
This report offers insights on Armored Personnel Carriers category of the United States Armored Personnel
Carriers sector. It also provides data on the Armored Personnel Carriers sector broken down by categories
for the forecast years 2011 through 2021.
1.2 Definitions
For the purposes of this report, the following timeframes apply:
Forecast period: 2011 to 2021
The following are definitions of military expenditure:
Capital expenditure (capex) covers research and development (R&D), procurement, maintenance,
transportation, and the storage of weaponry and other equipments. It also includes expenditure on
aircraft and aero engines, heavy and medium vehicles, naval equipment, and the purchase of land,
construction, plants and machinery.
The following are definitions of armored vehicle categories:
Main Battle Tanks (MBT) refers to tracked heavy combat vehicles used to perform direct fire
support roles, with a main tank gun and weight of more than 45 tons. They also include engineering,
recovery, bridge layer and obstacle breacher variants based on a main battle tank chassis.
Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) is an armored vehicle designed to carry troops to and from the
battlefield. It has limited firepower options and a combat weight in the range of 15 to 35 tons. APC
comprises of 8x8, 6x6, and 4x4 wheeled vehicles in different roles and variants.
Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) are defined as tracked medium-weight combat vehicles of 30 to
45 tons, with firepower provided by a medium caliber gun. These vehicles are used to carry infantry
into the battlefield and provide fire support. Apart from armored infantry fighting vehicles, IFV also
include reconnaissance and fire support variants.
Light Multirole Vehicles (LMV) is a family of light armored 4x4 vehicles weighing between five and
12 tons. They are used in liaison, patrol, utility, command and reconnaissance roles.
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) is a family of armored vehicles capable of providing
increased crew protection and vehicle survivability to counter battlefield threats such as improvised
explosive devices (IEDs), mines and small arms. These counter IED vehicles include, but are not
limited to, the US MRAP family of vehicles, and other developments of the same class of vehicles in
countries such as South Africa, India and others.
Tactical Trucks include all support vehicles (light, medium and heavy) that perform logistics and
support roles. They range from five-ton general purpose