Transporter vehicle explained

Various types of vehicles may be known as Transporters:

on railways:

• Transporter wagon, for carrying railway wagons of one gauge on another gauge

on roads:

• Animal transporter, for livestock and other animals
• Self Propelled Modular Transporter, for general heavy road haulage
• Tank transporter, for military tanks over long distances

on other places:

• Crawler-transporter, for ground transport of spacecraft
• Transporter erector launcher, for military missiles
• Shipyard transporter, for sections of ship hulls and other heavy objects