Infantry Mobility Vehicle
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Infantry Mobility Vehicle (IMV) is the term for a wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC) serving as a military patrol, reconnaisance or security vehicle, such as the Bushmaster IMV or Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV).
IMVs were developed in response to the threats of modern warfare, with an emphasis on crew protection and mine-resistance. Similar vehicles existed long before the term IMV was coined, such as the French VAB, South African Buffel, or Soviet BTR-60. The term is coming more into use to differentiate armored wheeled APCs from tracked APCs or unarmored troop carriers. It could be considered a neologism for what might have been classified in the past as an armored scout car, such as the BRDM, but the IMV is distinguished by having a requirement to carry infantry that can dismount as well as its operational crew.
