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Assault on such vehicles is a common mission type in videogames, especially in a WideOpenSandbox, since the concept of catching or defeating a vehicle to claim its loot translates smoothly to gameplay. EscortMission to protect these are also common.

* In ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'', the player can occasionally come across armored bank cars that they can hijack and deliver to a Triad garage for a bit of cash.

* "The Hardest Part" from ''Eat To The Beat'' by {{Music/Blondie}} is an unusually American example of this trope, depicting a robbery on an armored car. The "hardest part" of the title refers to getting past the armed guards inside the truck.

* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY3'' takes a more hi-tech route with ''Road Rage'': the heist involves disabling an armored truck with an {{EMP}} before hacking into it and driving it onto a nearby ramp. Afterwards, the crew can exploit a weakness in the truck's underbelly to rewire the locking mechanism, opening the doors and letting the crew loot the rare-earth elements inside.

A type of typically British [[TheCaper Crime Caper]] revolving around the robbery of an armoured car carrying a company's payroll. For obvious reasons, it will be set in older times when workers received a pay ''envelope'' (full of cash) rather than a pay ''cheque'', necessitating delivery via armoured car. The cast is likely to be full of {{Violent Glaswegian}}s and other British Undesirables, notably {{London Gangster}}s.

* In ''Film/LayerCake'', this is referenced as being the crime of choice for [[LondonGangster London gangsters]] before they discovered drug dealing. At the end of the film, the two [[OopNorth Scouse gangsters]] relish the opportunity to rip off the MagnificentBastard via armed robbery, and they comment to the effect that it reminds them of old times.

* ''Film/DeadPresidents'' closes with one of these. Despite the heist being well-planned and the participants (mostly) being well-trained [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] veterans, RealityEnsues and the operation goes pear-shaped, with most of the robbers dying along with several cops and civilians and [[AllForNothing most of the money burned up when the robbers attempt to blow the door of the car]].

* Happens in the second episode of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!''. Given that it's pulled off by [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Isaac and Miria]], though, you can bet that the [[RefugeInAudacity execution is more than a little WTF-inducing]]. (Note: They said they were going to do a [[TrainJob Train Robbery.]] Which they understood as [[ComicallyMissingThePoint riding a train to the robbery location, doing the robbery and then get back on the train for their getaway]].)

* ''Film/DeadPresidents'' closes with one of these. Despite the heist being well-planned and the participants (mostly) being well-trained [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] veterans, RealityEnsues and the operation goes pear-shaped, with most of the thieves dying along with several cops and civilians and [[AllForNothing most of the money burned up when the thieves attempt to blow the door of the car]].

* In ''Videogame/AssassinsCreedIII'' convoys filled with money and special items occasionally spawn in different parts of the frontier and Connor is able to steal from them after killing every guard. It´s also implied the player is on the receiving end of this as sending a land/naval convoys with products to a city or the frontier will usually present a percentage of failure.

* In ''Videogame/SleepingDogs'', the player can occasionally come across armored bank cars that they can hijack and deliver to a Triad garage for a bit of cash.

* The teen heroes of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' were charged with guarding trucks containing the pieces of the disassembled Amazo android, a convoy that included decoys. Sure enough, the trucks carrying the deadly machine parts are attacked...by [[FunWithAcronyms MONQUI]]S!

A type of typically British [[TheCaper Crime Caper]] revolving around the robbery of an armoured car carrying a company's payroll. For obvious reasons, it will be set in older times when workers received a pay ''envelope'' (full of cash) rather than a pay ''cheque'', necessitating the delivery of said cash by said armoured car. The cast is likely to be full of {{Violent Glaswegian}}s and other British Undesirables, notably {{London Gangster}}s.

* Generally, these types of crime have been on a steep decline, at least in modern democratic countries since their heyday in TheSeventies. Better technology and police resources along with the general decline of the use and transit of cash, along with the very heavy prison sentences associated have pushed criminals into less risky and more lucrative areas of criminal activity.
** Having said that, they experienced a very brief renaissance during the early stages of the recent recession, the most successful example being a subversion; rather than ambush an armoured van in transit, a party of robbers cut out the middleman and forced their way into the security firm's depot, driving off with several million pounds.

* While the van wasn't carrying cash ''per se'', and it certainly wasn't armoured, a [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-27-splatoon-stock-swiped-in-nintendo-lorry-heist group of criminals managed to rob a truck carrying copies of the]] [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Limited Edition]] of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' in the UK.

* While the van wasn't carrying cash ''per se'', and it certainly wasn't armoured, a [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-27-splatoon-stock-swiped-in-nintendo-lorry-heist group of criminals managed to rob a truck carrying copies of the]] [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Limited Edition]] of ''VideoGame/Splatoon1'' in the UK.

* While the van wasn't carrying cash ''per se'', and it certainly wasn't armoured, a [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-27-splatoon-stock-swiped-in-nintendo-lorry-heist group of criminals managed to rob a truck carrying copies of the]] [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Limited Edition]] of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' in the UK

* ''ComicBook/{{Criminal}}'': The the set-up of first volume, ''Coward'', is about [[TheChessmaster Leo Patterson]] working with an old buddy and some corrupt cops for OneLastJob: hitting an armored convoy transporting blood diamonds as evidence from a police lockup to a high profile court case. [[spoiler:Except the ''actual'' target is a trunk full of heroin being used as evidence in a ''different'' case, not diamonds. And the "old buddy" and the cops are in on it and betray most of the heist team.]]

* Literature/{{Biggles}} was involved in foiling several of these in his post-war career with the London Metropolitan Police's aviation wing, only [[RecycledInSpace Recycled WITH AEROPLANES!]].

* In ''VideoGame/FarCry2'', the weapons dealers ask the player to destroy convoys driven by their business rivals so that news weapons are unlocked. Strangely, the convoys never actually go anywhere, as they are alway endlessly driving around in a circle. Bizarrely, they are also ''completely empty'', which means that someone in your information chain is either screwing up big time or having one over on you.

** In "Where The Jungle Ends", a squad of mercenaries rob a bank, using submachine guns to drive off the police, then stealing an aircraft and parachuting to safety before RAF interceptors can reach them. Their leader then turns up at the home of Britain's top organised crime boss, [[RobbingTheMobBank returning his safety deposit box]] which they stole as a demonstration of what they can do.

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Heroes", the robbery of an armoured car is actually the cover for a political assassination. Turns out a controversial American politician was being smuggled out of the country disguised as a security guard, but those after him got wind of it.

Assault such vehicles it's a common mission type in videogames, especially in a WideOpenSandbox, since the concept of catching or defeating a vehicle to claim its loot translates smoothly to gameplay. EscortMission to protect these are also common.

* Experienced a very brief renaissance during the early stages of the current recession, the most successful example being a subversion; rather than ambush an armoured van in transit, a party of robbers cut out the middleman and forced their way into the security firm's depot, driving off with several million pounds.