of the Armored Cavalry Platoon 2/54th Infantry,
4th Armored Division takes part in exercises in Grafenwöhr, Germany. During World War II, the British generally used armoured cars for reconnaissance, from the machine gun armed
Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and
Daimler Dingo to the 6-pdr (57 mm) gun equipped
AEC armoured car. Post war the
British Army used the
Ferret and later,
Fox scout cars. In Japan, the
Kurogane Type 95 was introduced as a reconnaissance vehicle for operations in China. The U.S. and UK experimented with the
Future Scout and Cavalry System (FSCS) and Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement (TRACER) programs in the 2000s aimed at creating a
stealth reconnaissance vehicle capable of
C-130 airlift. Prior to the
2003 invasion of Iraq, the
Iraqi Army placed an emphasis on the use of light wheeled vehicles for reconnaissance, particularly Soviet-manufactured
BRDM-2 and French-designed
Panhard AML armoured cars. Each corps had an attached BRDM or AML battalion. These were allocated by division; every brigade headquarters and regular infantry battalion received a platoon of six. The Iraqis did not make competent use of these assets during the
Gulf War, opting to depend on
signals intelligence against the comparatively sophisticated
Coalition.
South African expeditionary forces in
Angola also employed wheeled reconnaissance vehicles for their strategic and tactical mobility, sometimes engaging Angolan units up to brigade strength. Scout cars such as the
Eland Mk7 were used to lure hostile
T-34s or
T-54/55s into prepared ambushes, where they were destroyed by heavier vehicles,
ATGMs, and artillery. ==Role==