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First Pre-Production Scout SV Prototype On Display At U.K. Exhibition

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, June 27th, 2014

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The first pre-production prototype of the Scout specialist vehicle being developed by General Dynamics UK [GD] is in the limelight at the U.K.’s largest military vehicle exhibition, Defense Vehicle Dynamics (DVD), at Millbrook Proving Ground, through June 26. The Ministry of Defense’s equipment and support organization, Army and industry are showcasing the vehicles the military uses from the heavily armored Mastiff and agile Foxhound to the Scout SV prototype. The Scout SV is the U.K.’s first fully digitized tracked armored vehicle,…

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