Armored Scout Car

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing -34% damage vs Armed Caravans, Armed Supply Wagons, and Armed Merchants. Missing +50% damage vs Civilians. Missing +15% damage vs Ranged Cavalry. Missing -5% damage vs Sparse. Missing +66% damage vs Siege (including but not limited to Artillery Weapons).

Armored Scout Car
Ranged Cavalry
Base cost	90 Food 40 Oil
Ramping cost	1 Food 1 Oil
Build time	12 seconds (188 frames)
Hit points	168
Line of sight	13 tiles
Movement speed	45 (3.5 tiles/second)
Attack strength	21
Attack range	0-12 tiles
Armor	4
Population points
Built at	Auto Plant
Prerequisites	Modern Age
Hotkey (Auto Plant)	A
Upgrades from	Armored Car
Upgrades to	Armored Cavalry
Special abilities	Can attack while moving Can attack low-flying aircraft

The Armored Scout Car is the Ranged Cavalry of the Modern Age, available to upgrade from the Armored Car and are built at the Auto Plant.

Overview

When Armored Cars become Armored Scout Cars, they gain +18 hit points, +1 attack strength, +3 movement speed, and +1 line of sight.

Armored Scout Cars have medium armor, are strong against most infantry units, but weak in fighting tanks.

Trivia

• The Armored Scout Car uses three models:
  • Humber Armoured Car with elements from T17E1 Staghound MKIII for most nations.
  • Sd. Kfz. 222 for the Chinese, Germans, Japanese, Koreans, Romans and Spanish. (The Germans, Romans and Spanish have their Armored Scout Cars painted in a darker shade of green.)
  • M8 Greyhound for the Iroquois and Lakota. (The same model is also used by Americans for their Armored Cars, while their Armored Scout Cars use the Humber model.)