Editing CVRT (section)

==Scimitar ==
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===In Team Yankee===
The Scimitar is one of the two main options of British Recce, costing 1 point per vehicle. Sharing the same profile as the Scorpion, it has a 6" tactical move when firing the main gun, or 10" if not. The L21 Rarden gun functions similarly to German autocannons, except with an anti-tank value of 10 which auto-penetrates all vehicles in the game apart from main battle tanks. However, it suffers from a 5+ firepower making it a questionable choice to score kills against enemy units. However, it excels at forcing bails against vehicles, making it possible to support infantry by letting them automatically kill bailed vehicles with an assault. Supporting this option is the absence of HEAT, allowing it to bypass rules like Bazooka Skirts and BDD Armour: a unit of Scimitars could actually threaten battle tanks from the side, with enough shots. 

As with other British vehicles, it has a weaker profile on the move which is buffered by a 3+ skill rating for orders. Oddly enough, its legitimate combat strength makes it an option as a light tank to fight from a distance, rather than being shoehorned as a suicide recce unit. It is one of the only autocannon-equipped vehicles capable of automatically penetrating IFVs and tanks from the side.

The Scimitar and Scorpion form the compulsory platoon options for a Recce Squadron, which could also represent almost any Cavalry Regiment of the British Army.  

===In Real Life===
A descendant of the Cavalry tank of World War Two, the Scimitar is the father of the CVRT family. Its name comes from its role as an armed reconnaissance vehicle. Unlike traditional recce units whose mission is to observe while being unseen, armed recce units are deployed when there is a need to 'fight for information', according to their US cousins; the Cavalry branch of service. Simply put, such units are deployed in order to force the enemy to reveal his hand. Probing units of Scimitars can engage enemy recce units, either forcing the enemy spearhead to fall back (thus giving the BLUFOR commander more control of the battlefield), or forcing enemy units to expose their positions through movement to rescue their own recce units. 

Scimitars are equipped with a 30mm Rarden autocannon, identical to the autocannon of the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Despite its use from the Cold War, modernized versions remain in use by various units like the Queen's Yeomanry and Royal Lancers. Some units have even replaced their Challenger 2 tanks with Scimitars due to budget cuts.