scout car

(Military) a fast lightly armoured vehicle used for reconnaissance

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Noun

scout car - fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top

reconnaissance vehicle

military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces

self-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

Translations

scout car

n → Aufklärungsfahrzeug nt; (heavier) → Aufklärungs- or Spähpanzer m

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