Scout

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Scout may refer to:

Youth movement

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Military uses

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Units

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United States

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  • Blazer's Scouts, a unit who conducted irregular warfare during the American Civil War
  • United States Army Indian Scouts, Native Americans who were active in the American West in the late 19th–early 20th centuries
    • Apache Scouts, part of the United States Army Indian Scouts, who performed most of their service during the Apache Wars
  • Cavalry scout, a reconnaissance specialist in the United States Army
  • Philippine Scouts, a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 to 1948
  • South Pacific Scouts, a jungle warfare unit formed during World War II from Fijians and Solomon Islanders
  • Scout Sniper, a reconnaissance specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

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  • Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army in the Second Boer War
  • Grey's Scouts, a Rhodesian mounted infantry unit raised in 1975
  • Selous Scouts, a special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army from 1973 to 1980

India

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  • Ladakh Scouts, an Indian Army high mountain and border security regiment specialized for the Ladakh region
  • Arunachal Scouts, an Indian Army high mountain regiment specialized for the state of Arunachal Pradesh
  • Sikkim Scouts, an Indian Army regiment specialized for the state of Sikkim

Pakistan

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Equipment

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  • Scout (aircraft), pre-1920s (British) terminology for a single-seat fighter
  • Scout plane, a type of shipborne surveillance aircraft
  • Scout rifle, a class of general-purpose rifles
    • Steyr Scout, a modern scoped bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher
  • AD Scout, a fighter aircraft designed to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I
  • IAI Scout, an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War
  • Westland Scout, British military helicopter
  • HMS Scout, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
  • USS Scout, the name of various United States Navy ships
  • Ajax (armoured vehicle), formerly Scout SV, an armoured fighting vehicle

Occupations

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Transportation

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Aircraft

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Other transportation

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Arts and entertainment

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  • Scout (1987 film), a 1987 British television film by Frank McGuinness in the anthology series ScreenPlay
  • Scout (comics), a comic book series by Timothy Truman, first published in 1985
  • Scout, a playable class type in the 2007 video game Team Fortress 2

Other uses

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See also

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