armored combat

• armoured combat

From armor +‎ combat.

armored combat (countable and uncountable, plural armored combats)

1. (pre-firearms warfare) Fighting between armored warriors, such as knights, heavy infantry, heavy cavalry
2. (mechanized warfare) Fighting using armored vehicles, such as AFVs, tanks, APCs, IFVs
3. (sports, uncountable) Ellipsis of armored combat fighting, a combat sport.
4. (sports, countable) Ellipsis of armored combat fight, a sports match.