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A scout car is a light wheeled armored military vehicle, purpose-built and used for passive reconnaissance. Scout cars are either unarmed or lightly armed for self-defense, and do not have large caliber weapons systems. This differentiates them from other reconnaissance vehicles, armored cars, and wheeled armoured fighting vehicles, that have heavier armaments, and may also be used for reconnaissance. Scout cars are usually limited to carrying out observation and remaining undetected. Armies which adopted the concept were likelier to place an emphasis on reconnaissance by stealth, unlike others which preferred more heavily armoured reconnaissance vehicles, designed to fight to obtain information if necessary.