Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

==== 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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