AFVID: Armor ID Guide

Learn to recognize armored fighting vehicles by shape and feature, by day and through night sights, with a method aligned with publicly released U.S. Army training publications.

Independent app: AFVID is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense, or any government. Its sources are listed at the end, each with a link.

Study tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, personnel carriers and support vehicles in short guided sets, from easier flank views to harder front and rear views, close up and then at range. Recognize the kind of vehicle, identify the model, then decide friend or foe. Each vehicle lists its key features under the six FASTER headings.

WHAT IS INSIDE
A library of more than 190 vehicles with photos for most, key features, similar vehicles and specifications.
Flashcards with spaced repetition and a deck builder.
Quiz modes including vehicle duels, a range ladder and a WWII flash drill.
Timed exams modeled on three published identification tests and aligned with their public standards.
Silhouettes and simulated night vision views.
Thermal views: computer rendered for a growing set of vehicles, plus real thermal frames from Army manuals for a few.
Simulated views are labeled in the app.
A doctrine primer that quotes its sources.

FREE AND PRO
Free: the library with its day photos, the doctrine primer, and a starter set with flashcards and a quiz.
Pro, a single purchase with no subscription: every set, all views, every quiz mode, exams and progress analytics. Night vision and rendered views download from our server the first time you open them.

No account and no ads.

SOURCES
Current Army publication:
TC 3-20.31-040, Direct Fire Kill Chain (2025): https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN44092-TC_3-20.31-040-000-WEB-1.pdf

Rescinded and historical publications:
FM 3-22.1, Bradley Gunnery (2003), archived copy: https://archive.org/details/field-manual-3-221
STP 21-1-SMCT, Common Tasks (2003), archived copy: https://archive.org/details/stp-21-1-smct-soldiers-manual-of-common-tasks-sl-1-2003
FM 17-12-8, Light Cavalry Gunnery (1999), archived copy: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/17-12-8/appa.htm
ARI Technical Report 1074, archived copy: https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA342559
TC 3-01.80, Visual Aircraft Recognition (2017), archived copy: https://irp.fas.org/doddir/army/tc3-01-80.pdf
FM 30-40, Armored Vehicles (1943), archived copy: https://archive.org/details/Fm30-401943
FM 30-42 (1942), archived copy: https://archive.org/details/FM30-421942
IN0534, Threat Armor, archived copy: https://archive.org/details/in-0534-vehicle-recognition-threat-armor-edition-d
IN0535, Friendly Armor, archived copy: https://archive.org/details/in-0535-vehicle-recognition-friendly-armor-edition-c
FM 3-23.24, M47 Dragon (2001), archived copy: https://archive.org/details/FM_3_23_24_M47_D_M_A_W_S_2001
FM 3-22.32, archived copy: https://archive.org/download/ost-military-doctrine-fm3_22x32/fm3_22x32.pdf
TC 3-22.37, Javelin, archived copy: https://archive.org/details/javelin-close-combat-missile-system-medium-tc-3-22.37
FM 100-2-3, The Soviet Army (1991), archived copy: https://archive.org/details/fm-100-2-3-the-soviet-army-troops-organization-and-equipment-1991

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