Scouting/Recon

[DRG]

Originally Posted by c_of_red

Jeeps, like armored cars, scout cars, etc have crews. I assume that the crew of a scout vehicle has been trained on observations techniques and has practiced those techniques until they are better at them then the average GI.
Sort of like why in the game a crew has to remount it's own vehicle, or why a rifle squad cannot grab the Sagger left laying on the ground after it's crew got mowed down several turns ago.
Scouting is a skill set, an MOS, 19D according to this;
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/enlistedjobs/a/19d.htm

All I can say to you is I know scouts in the game can behave as scouts do in reality spotting the enemy and remaining unseen if handled correctly WITHOUT having to resort to coded "eyeball GSR"

Don

[Imp]

They work perfectly well if used as intended, as said the one benefit they have over a squad is they are harder to detect.
The majority of my scouts normaly survive so long as I do not ask to much of them.
Trying to get all the way to a rear area or take out a tank help a unit in at tricky situation is what gets them killed. Urban warfare & jungles to but they are dangerous locals period.

A point & I may be wrong but scouts generally do have better chance to spot than a squad. Most scout units are in effect a squad the game has split into 2 half squads to aid it in said mission so man for man blah blah.