Definition of "scout car" [scout car]

• Fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "For Sergeant Oleg Nikolai, although he did not yet know it, the honour of actually leading one of the point recce patrols of 1st Guards Tank Division in his BRDM 2 scout car was a foregone conclusion."
• "Each was a compact three-man scout car known as Panhard VBL."
• "When he reached the position of the scout car he looked down and saw in the distance a long column of tanks, trucks, and artillery moving along the B 1 in the direction of Dortmund."