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In 1983, Indonesia placed an order for 28 Scout vehicles. [1] In August 1986, Egypt placed a US$22.8 million contract with Cadillac Gage for 112 Scout reconnaissance vehicles, with half the vehicles delivered in 1986 and the remainder in 1987. [1] By early 1999, a total of 140 Scout (4 x 4) vehicles had been built by Cadillac Gage.
The Cadillac Gage Commando, frequently denoted as the M706 in U.S. military service, [7] is an American armored car designed to be amphibious. [6] It was engineered by Cadillac Gage specifically for the United States Military Police Corps during the Vietnam War as an armed convoy escort vehicle. [ 7 ]
Textron Marine & Land Systems, formerly Cadillac Gage, is an American military contractor that manufactures armored vehicles, turrets, advanced marine craft, surface effects ships, and other weapon systems. It is owned by Textron, and was formed in the merger between Cadillac Gage and Textron Marine in 1994. [1]
A member of USAF Security Forces manning an M60 machine gun mounted atop a Cadillac Gage Ranger in 1983. The Cadillac Gage Ranger is built on a Dodge Ram truck chassis with a shorter wheelbase. [3] [10] It uses a front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout, coupled to an automatic transmission with three forward gears and one reverse gear.
In the 1930s, a new sub-class of armored car emerged in the United States, known as the scout car. This was a compact light armored car which was either unarmed or armed only with machine guns for self-defense. [32] Scout cars were designed as purpose-built reconnaissance vehicles for passive observation and intelligence gathering. [32]
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.
Cadillac Gage Commando Scout United States: Light reconnaissance vehicle Commando Scout Twin-Machine Gun Turret Commando Scout Observation Turret 28 [101] Used by Paspampres and Tontaipur Special Force of Kostrad. [102] Casspir South Africa: Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle: Casspir Mk3 APC 2 [103]
Commando (popular name for the BRAVIA Commando Mk III) Commando (popular name for the Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando series) Commando Scout (popular name for the Cadillac Gage Commando Scout) Condor 4×4 armoured personnel carrier (Germany; Cold War) Conqueror (popular name for the FV214 Conqueror) Cougar (popular name for the AVGP Cougar)