Commando Scout

The Scout is a small 4 X 4 Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) developed as a private venture by Cadillac Gage. It is designed primarily for reconnaissance and security. No US units operate the Scout. The Scout has a low silhouette with a long, sloping glacis. Viewed from the front, the hull's cross section is diamond shaped, with both upper and lower hull halves sloping inward. Compared to other ARVs, the engine, driver, and turretare set farther to the rear of the vehicle. The one- or two-man turret is sited over the rear axle. VARIANTS Command car and antitank vehicle with retractable TOW antitank missile launcher. DEVELOPMENT Manufactured by Cadillac Gage, Warren, Michigan, achieving initial operational capability in 1983. 28 in service in Indonesia and 112 in Egypt.

SPECIFICATIONS
CREW 3 (driver, commander, gunner) COMBAT WEIGHT 16,000 lb (7,258 kg)
DIMENSIONS

hull length 16 ft 5 in (5.0 m) width 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) height 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) wheettase 8 ft 10 in (2.74 m) MAIN ARMAMENT 1-meter turret with 2 gun stations for twin 7.62 or 12.7-mm machine guns with 200 ready 7.62- mm rounds and 2,200 7.62-mm rounds stowed in hull; or 100 ready 12.7-mm rounds and 1,000 12.7-mm rounds stowed in hull. Turret can also bear combination of 7.62-mm machine and 40-mm grenade launcher with 100 7.62-mm rounds ready, 200 stowed in hull elevation -107+55, traverse 360 at 45/sec
SENSORS AND FIRE CONTROL 8 visionblocks, M28C sight, 500,000-

candlepower searchlight

ARMOR Cadloy steel armor proof against 7.62-mm ammunition POWERPLANT Cummins 149-hp liquid cooled V-6 diesel engine, Allison automatic transmission with 4 forward/1 reverse gears power-to-weight ratio 20.53 hp/metric ton SUSPENSION 4 X 4 (4 wheels driving, 2-wheel steering), coil springs on all 4 wheels, front axle has solid swing arm, rear axle has independent swing arms SPEED 60 mph (96 km/h), range 800 mi (1,287km) OBSTACLE CLEARANCE vertical 2 ft (0.61 m), gradient 60%, side slope 30%, fording 3 ft 10 in (1.17 m)

The vehicle was developed as a private initiative Cadillac Gate (now Textron Marine and Land Systems). The prototype was built in 1977. At the front of hull fuel tanks are located, just sitting behind the driver - left, right is because motor space. The turret is fitted at the end of the hull. Gunner-observer boarding the vehicle uses a hatch in the roof turret, double doors in the rear of the hull (first one up to one second down). Standard equipment vehicles are self-supporting tires, power steering.

Version The turrets armed with grenade 40 mm GL / M2HB same as the vehicle AAV7A1 Turret with two 7.62 mm machine guns or one 7.62 mm machine guns and one 12.7 mm. Traverse 360 , elevation - 10 to + 55 Command vehicle Anti-tank vehicles - armed with TOW Missile Launcher TTD: Layout: 4x4 Crew: 1 + 2 + 1.1 Armament: 2x7, 62mm Ammunition: 2600 rounds r. 7.62 mm, Length: 5,003 m Width: 2,057 m Height: 2,159 m Specific power: 20.58 hp / t Wheelbase: 2,743 m Engine: V-6 Cummins performance of 149 hp Max. speed: 96 km / h Range: 1287 km Wading depth: 1168 Trench: 1.14 m Wall: 0.609 m Max. Climbing Angle: 60% Max. angle of side tilt: 30% Armor:?, Steel NBC: no Night vision devices: no Customers USA, Egypt, Indonesia Manufacturer: Textron Marine and Land Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA