Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

=== Armoured car ===
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The [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]] is a wheeled, often lightly armoured, vehicle adapted as a fighting machine. Its earliest form consisted of a motorised ironside chassis fitted with firing ports. By [[World War I]], this had evolved into a mobile fortress<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nT3zle-U3jgC&q=WWI+armored+cars&pg=PP1|title=1914–1938 Armored Fighting Vehicles|last=Bradford|first=George|date=2010|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=9780811705684|language=en}}</ref> equipped with command equipment, searchlights, and machine guns for self-defence. It was soon proposed that the requirements for the armament and layout of armoured cars be somewhat similar to those on naval craft, resulting in turreted vehicles. The first example carried a single revolving cupola with a [[Vickers gun]]; modern armoured cars may boast heavier armament – ranging from twin machine guns to large calibre cannon.

Some multi-axled wheeled fighting vehicles can be quite heavy, and superior to older or smaller tanks in terms of armour and armament. Others are often used in military marches and processions, or for the escorting of important figures. Under peacetime conditions, they form an essential part of most standing armies. Armoured car units can move without the assistance of transporters and cover great distances with fewer logistical problems than tracked vehicles.

During [[World War II]], armoured cars were used for reconnaissance alongside scout cars. Their guns were suitable for some defence if they encountered enemy armoured fighting vehicles, but they were not intended to engage enemy [[tank]]s. [[Armored car (military)|Armoured cars]] have since been used in the offensive role against tanks with varying degrees of success, most notably during the [[South African Border War]], [[Toyota War]], the [[Invasion of Kuwait]], and other [[Low intensity conflict|lower-intensity conflicts]].

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File:Rolls Royce 1920 Mk1 1 Bovington.jpg|[[Rolls-Royce Armoured Car]] in The Tank Museum, Bovington
File:T 17 Staghound Armored Car (1).jpg|American [[T17E1 Staghound]] armoured car of World War II
File:SATORY 9 JANVIER 2014 021 bis.jpg|French [[VBC-90|Renault VBC-90]] six-wheeled armoured car. 
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==== Aerosledge ====
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[[Image:RF-8.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[RF-8]], a smaller World War II model, powered by an inexpensive automotive engine]]
An ''aerosledge'' is a type of propeller-driven [[snowmobile]], running on skis, used for communications, mail deliveries, medical aid, emergency recovery and border patrolling in northern Russia, as well as for recreation. Aerosledges were used by the Soviet [[Red Army]] during the [[Winter War]] and [[World War II]].

Some early aerosledges were built by young [[Igor Sikorsky]] in 1909–10, before he built multi-engine airplanes and helicopters. They were very light [[plywood]] vehicles on skis, propelled by old airplane engines and propellers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/propsleigh/propsleigh.htm |title=The Propeller-Driven Sleigh |website=The Museum of Retro Technology |first=Douglas |last=Self |date=26 July 2005 |access-date=11 September 2008}}</ref>
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==== Scout car ====
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A ''scout car'' is a military armoured [[reconnaissance vehicle]], capable of off-road mobility and often carrying mounted weapons such as [[machine gun]]s for offensive capabilities and crew protection. They often only carry an operational crew aboard, which differentiates them from wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and [[infantry mobility vehicle]]s (IMVs), but early scout cars, such as the open-topped US [[M3 scout car]] could carry a crew of seven. The term is often used synonymously with the more general term armoured car, which also includes armoured civilian vehicles. They are also differentiated by being designed and built for purpose, as opposed to improvised "[[Technical (vehicle)|technicals]]" which might serve in the same role.
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File:Verkhnyaya Pyshma Tank Museum 2011 140.jpg|[[BA-64]] at the [[UMMC Museum of Military and Automotive Equipment|UMMC Museum]]
File:BRDM-2 (1964) owned by James Stewart pic1.JPG|Soviet [[BRDM-2]] amphibious scout car.
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==== Reconnaissance vehicle ====
{{Main|Reconnaissance vehicle|Armoured reconnaissance}}

A ''reconnaissance vehicle'', also known as a ''scout vehicle'', is a [[military vehicle]] used for forward [[reconnaissance]]. Both tracked and wheeled reconnaissance vehicles are in service. In some countries, light tanks such as the [[M551 Sheridan]] and [[AMX-13]] are also used by scout platoons. Reconnaissance vehicles are usually designed with a low profile or small size and are lightly armoured, relying on speed and cover to escape detection. Their armament ranges from a [[medium machine gun]] to an [[autocannon]]. Modern examples are often fitted with [[ATGM]]s and a wide range of sensors.
 
Armoured reconnaissance is the combination of [[terrestrial reconnaissance]] with [[armoured warfare]] by using tanks and wheeled or tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicles. While the mission of reconnaissance is to gather intelligence about the enemy with the use of reconnaissance vehicles, armoured reconnaissance adds the ability to fight for information, and to have an effect on and to shape the enemy through the performance of traditional armoured tasks.                                                                                                                                                                                       Some [[armoured personnel carrier]]s and [[infantry mobility vehicle]], such as the [[M113]], [[TPz Fuchs]], and [[Cadillac Gage Commando]] double in the reconnaissance role.
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File:Stryker RV front q.jpg|[[United States Army]] [[M1127]]
File:Scimitar Light Tank MOD 45149231.jpg|British [[FV107 Scimitar]] tracked reconnaissance vehicle in the [[Salisbury Plain Training Area]]
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==== Internal security vehicle ====
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[[File:Bulgarian m1117.JPG|thumb|right|An American-made Bulgarian [[M1117]]]]

An internal security vehicle (ISV), also known as an armoured security vehicle (ASV), is a combat vehicle used for suppressing civilian unrest. Security vehicles are typically armed with a turreted [[heavy machine gun]] and auxiliary [[medium machine gun]]. The vehicle is designed to minimize firepower dead space. [[Non-lethal weapon|Non-lethal]] [[water cannon]]s and [[tear gas]] cannons can provide suppressive fire in lieu of unnecessary deadly fire.{{sfn|Margiotta|1996|p=56, 57}}

The vehicle must be protected against weapons typical of riots. Protection from [[Molotov cocktail|improvised incendiary device]]s is achieved though coverage of the air intake and exhaust ports as well as a strong locking mechanism on the fuel opening. Turret and door locks prevent access to the interior of the vehicle by rioters. Vision blocks, ballistic glass and window shutters and outside [[Closed-circuit television|surveillance cameras]] allow protected observation from within the vehicle. Wheeled 4x4 and 6x6 configurations are typical of security vehicles. Tracked security vehicles are often cumbersome and leave negative political connotations for being perceived as an imperial invading force.
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==== Military light utility vehicle ====
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Military light utility vehicles are the lightest weight class of military vehicles. It refers to light [[4x4]] military vehicles with light or no armour and all-terrain mobility. This type of vehicle originated in the first half of the 20th century when horses and other [[draft animal]]s were replaced with mechanization. Light utility vehicles such as the [[Willys Jeep]] were frequently mounted with .50-calibre machineguns and other small weapons for [[hit-and-run tactics]] in World War II, especially by the [[British Special Air Service]] who used Jeeps to raid [[Axis powers|Axis]] airfields during the [[North Africa campaign]]. After the war, vehicles like the [[Toyota Mega Cruiser]] and [[Humvee]] filled this role. In the 21st century, [[improvised explosive devices]] continue to pose threat to mobile infantry resulting in light utility vehicles being made heavier and with more armour.

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File:1942Jeep.jpg|[[Willys Jeep]] with a [[37 mm gun M3]] and [[M1917 Browning machine gun#M1917A1|M1917A1]] machinegun of the US Army's [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd Infantry]] in [[Newfoundland]]
File:USMC-04325 (cropped).jpg|American [[Humvee]], the main US light utility vehicle since the 1980s
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==== Improvised fighting vehicle ====
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An improvised fighting vehicle is a combat vehicle resulting from modifications to a civilian or military non-combat vehicle in order to give it a fighting capability. Such modifications usually consist of the grafting of [[improvised vehicle armour|armour plating]] and [[weapon systems]]. Various militaries have procured such vehicles, ever since the introduction of the first [[automobile]]s into military service.

During the early days, the absence of a doctrine for the military use of automobiles or of an industry dedicated to producing them, lead to much improvisation in the creation of early armoured cars, and other such vehicles. Later, despite the advent of [[arms industry|arms industries]] in many countries, several armies still resorted to using ad hoc contraptions, often in response to unexpected military situations, or as a result of the development of new [[Military tactics|tactics]] for which no available vehicle was suitable. The construction of improvised fighting vehicles may also reflect a lack of means for the force that uses them. This is especially true in [[Underdeveloped country|underdeveloped countries]] and even in [[Developing country|developing countries]], where various armies and [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] forces have used them, as they are more affordable than military-grade combat vehicles.

Modern examples include '''military gun truck''' used by units of regular armies or other official government armed forces, based on a conventional [[Military vehicle|military cargo truck]], that is able to carry a large weight of weapons and armour. They have mainly been used by regular armies to escort military convoys in regions subject to ambush by [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] forces. "[[Narco tank]]s", used by [[Mexico|Mexican]] drug cartels in the [[Mexican drug war]], are built from such trucks, which combines [[operational mobility]], [[Military tactics|tactical]] [[Offensive (military)|offensive]], and [[defense (military)|defensive]] capabilities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13488620 |title=Mexico police seize 'narco-tank'|date=22 May 2011 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2011/05/narco-tank-vehicles-cartels-drug-war-mexico.html|title='Narco tank' is latest find in cartels' armored vehicles |first=Daniel |last=Hernandez |date=25 May 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110606/wl_afp/mexicocrimedrugweapons |title=Mexico soldiers find narco 'tank' factory |access-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612112125/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110606/wl_afp/mexicocrimedrugweapons |archive-date=12 June 2011 |work=Yahoo! News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/01/18/mexican-cartels-moving-drugs-in-armored-vehicles/ |title=Mexican Cartels Moving Drugs in Armored Vehicles |work=Fox News Latino |access-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119210304/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/01/18/mexican-cartels-moving-drugs-in-armored-vehicles/ |archive-date=19 January 2012}}</ref>

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File:Na KhTZ-16.jpg|[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[NI tank]] improvised fighting tractor of [[World War II|WWII]].
File:Free Syrian Army technical in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains (cropped).jpg|Technical armed with a [[ZPU-2]] [[heavy machine gun]] operated by the [[Free Syrian Army]] during clashes with [[ISIL|ISIS]] in the eastern [[Qalamoun Mountains]], southern Syria, 2017
File:Gun Truck.jpg|A gun truck of the type used in Iraq, based on an [[M939 Truck|M939]] five-ton truck
File:Narco-tank-1.jpg|"Monstruo 2010", a narco tank based on a [[Ford F-350]] with a [[gun turret|turret]] captured by [[Mexico|Mexican]] Authorities in [[Jalisco]]
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