AFV Recognition

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About this app

The ultimate Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) recognition guide, now available on your mobile devices.

This application is the end product of years of studying military equipment and how to best identify it, with input from serving military and veterans alike. AFV Recognition, or Equipment ID, as it is known in some NATO countries, is the art of identifying what vehicle you see on the battlefield.

This information not only allows you to stay safer/employ the right effects, but also informs your command of the formation that is in front of you. This vital information, if accurate, not only wins battles - but wins wars.

+ Reconnaissance Vehicles (RECCE/RECON)
+ Main Battle Tanks (MBTs)
+ Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)
+ Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs)
+ Anti-tank vehicles
+ Artillery
+ Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs)
+ Command, Intelligence & Electronic Warfare (CIEW)
+ Engineer (ENG)
+ Rotary Wing (RW)

+ Easy to navigate (search functions, favorites and categories)

+ Works offline (first time opening must have a data connection).

+ Over 100 armoured vehicles in current database.

+ Predominantly Russian/Soviet vehicles.

+ Detailed AFV "cards" displaying vehicle images, descriptions, weapon systems, types of protection, recognising features and countries in service.

+ Comparison guides to see vehicles side by side.

+ Quiz to test your AFV knowledge - not for the faint of heart.

+ New nations packs being released each month, voted for by the users on the @afv_recognition_ Instagram page.

+ Ongoing project.

+ Brain child of @afv_recognition - the master of AFV guides.

+ Surface to air threats & attack aviation expert knowledge provided by serving NATO JTAC-Instructors.

The AFV Recognition app will revolutionise the study & education of this vast subject. A must have for any serving military, aspiring military, military training establishments and all armoured vehicle enthusiasts.

Ratings and reviews

Easily the best way to learn about and identify armored vehicles, especially Russian/Soviet armored vehicles. It has detailed descriptions along with diagrams and photos of the vehicles, specs on the vehicles, and other important information about the vehicles. There's also a quiz feature to test your knowledge. The UI is amazing, and intuitive, making browsing and learning very easy. 10/10 app, definitely worth the money

Very good and accurate App when it comes to recognition, the app seems very clean and easy to use, with sharp clear photos, plenty of information broken down into easy to access links within the app. A good feature is the ability to compare one vehicle with another and see any differences.

Excellent resource for identifying military vehicles, also has an interesting bit of history for each vehicle. Comes with a quiz feature and other methods for helping you memorise the difference between each vehicle.

What's new

Bug fixes.