A Scimitar CVR(T) light reconnaissance tank of the Household Cavalry Regiment, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2011

Digital photograph by Sergeant Rupert Frere, Royal Logistic Corps, 2011.

The Scimitar Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) carries a 30 mm Rarden cannon for self-defence. Secondary armament consists of a coaxial machine gun and multi-barrelled smoke grenade dischargers.

Within the British Army, the Scimitar is used by the reconnaissance regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps and reconnaissance elements of the armoured infantry.