Ranger Scout Car

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*"In one sense the charge that I did not fight fair is true. I fought for success and not for display."*

-John S. Mosby

## Tactical Analysis

* **General Purpose**: Used by the Continentals for scouting purposes, the Ranger Scout Car is quick, has a low profile and is capable of (very) minor harassment. Thousands of these vehicles have been recovered by the Continentals, making the deployment of these vehicles very cheap.

* **Used Arms Dealer**: The Ranger's main armament is a machine gun manned by a Continental soldier, which is useful for attacking opposing recon units or isolated infantry and decent at downing thin skinned aircraft and flying infantry. In addition, Continental Rangers also carry a stash of Seismic Scanner mines. These mines can attach to enemy vehicles, slowing them down and damaging them over time.

* **No-Star Crash Rating**: The Ranger is not a proper combat unit and should be kept away from combat. Its armor leaves much to be desired and its machine gun is near useless against heavier vehicles.

* **Luxury Features**: Ranger crews who've been around long enough are able to construct home-made mortars from scrap gathered from the battlefield. This gives much needed firepower and range to the Ranger, enabling them to serve as high-speed hit and run light artillery pieces.

## Operational History

When the Americans joined the Allies in the Second World War, they brought with them a huge production capacity and the fruits of the American automotive industry, the most famous of which was the **Ranger General Purpose Motor Vehicle**. Existing in twenty-eight distinct variants and marks, the Ranger was the backbone of supply, scouting, patrol, mobile warfare and, well, just about any other role the Allies could think of.

There was even an anti-tank version of the machine, armed with a recoilless rifle! However, the most common version is the regular GPMV-2, which was designed for combat. The GPMV-2 was a staple of Allied ground forces, used to support advances as well as on their own in massive *"Ranger Fleets"*, often consisting of hundreds of vehicles probing deep into enemy lines.

With robust suspension, four wheel drive and a powerful compact V6 engine, the Ranger was quintessentially American; a cheap, robust and reliable model. The survivability of these vehicles is legendary; they could be jury rigged back together with almost anything, and would come back from almost any damage with only a few hours in the repair shop. *"The Ranger is winning us this war, without a doubt,"* quipped famed American General Patton in 1952. Ironically, he was killed two days later in a crash between his staff car and a captured Soviet supply truck, but it is said that he was driven to the hospital in the same vehicle, a testimony to its rugged nature.

After the war, surplus GPMV-2s were sold to various world powers while others were left in the Boneyard, stacked one on top of each other, such were their numbers. It is estimated a million Rangers were constructed by all the various powers during the Second World War, including a limited production run of 2,500 built from captured models by the Soviets to serve as command vehicles, such were their reputation. Millions more have been produced around the world, making it one of the most common vehicles in existence.

The Ranger is the workhouse of the Continental military, used in every way imaginable. Due to the untold number of vehicles recovered from the Boneyard, it is estimated that there may, in fact, be more Rangers than Continental military personnel. The concept of the Ranger Fleet has been resurrected, and many among them consider themselves the successors to John Moseby, a famed Continental cavalry raider of the First American Civil War. One of their uniquely Continental-ish uses is as a deployment system for Seismic Scanners, which is a small combination of resonance weaponry and remote cameras. They are built cheaply on the move, out of scrap materials; it's rumored they are built out of spare Ranger parts, so one thing is for certain; they aren't going to run out of them any time soon.

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## Global Upgrade

**Health**: Driver and passenger section is fully enclosed.

**Power**: Browning barrel is extended and flared, belching fire whenever it shoots.

**Speed**: The engine gains a large, external, shaker scoop.

**Rate of Fire**: Browning gains an ammo belt.

**Armour**: Additional armour and a roll cage are added on.

**Vision**: Browning is equipped with a scope and Spectrum rangefinder.

## Behind the Scenes

* The Ranger is yet another part of RA1, being based of the Allied vehicle of the same name.

* The design of the Rangers themselves was derived from a combination of Jeeps, Humvees, and rally versions of the Mini Cooper, while the mortar is based on the Pitbull from C&C 3.

## Just the Stats

 **Armour Type** | Light Armour

 **Kill Reward** | 4000

 **DPS** | 45