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The Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret scout car, is a British armoured fighting vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. The Ferret was produced between 1952 and 1971 by the UK company Daimler .
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 nations, light tanks such as the M551 Sheridan and AMX-13 have also been used by scout platoons. Their armament ranges from a medium machine gun to a large cannon.
Ferret Scout Car: 1952–1971 Rolls-Royce B60 ioe straight-6 3.7 7.62×51mm NATO GPMG or .30 M1919 Browning machine gun: Post-WWII BSA (1945–1960)
By the late Cold War era, the scout car concept had gained popularity and recognition among armies all over world. [7] Examples of scout cars common during this period include the Soviet BRDM series, the British Ferret, the Brazilian EE-3 Jararaca, the Hungarian D-442 FÚG, and the American Cadillac Gage Commando Scout. [13]
The FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled) (CVR(W)) was a 4 × 4 armoured car manufactured by ROF Leeds, deployed by the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret scout car and the Saladin armoured car.
F.R. Simms' Motor Scout, built in 1898 as an armed car. The Motor Scout was designed and built by British inventor F.R. Simms in 1898. It was the first armed petrol engine-powered vehicle ever built. The vehicle was a De Dion-Bouton quadricycle with a mounted Maxim machine gun on the front bar. An iron shield in front of the car protected the ...
Ferret Scout Car wheeled (4×4) armoured car; FV721 Fox CVR wheeled (4×4) armoured car; Jackal family of vehicles including Jackal 2 and Coyote 6x6; Sabre tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle; Saladin wheeled (6×6) armoured car; Scorpion tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle; Scimitar tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle
FV700: Series of vehicles based on Daimler Ferret 4x4 scout car. FV701: Scout Car Liaison, Ferret Mk. 1/1; FV702: Orange William test vehicle; FV703: Scout Car Reconnaissance/GW, Ferret Mk. 2/6; FV704: Scout Car Liaison Ferret Mk. 1/2; FV711: Scout Car Reconnaissance, Ferret Mk. 4 (Big-wheeled) FV712: Scout Car Reconnaissance/GW, Ferret Mk. 5 ...