SEAL Recon Rifle, a rifle used by US Navy SEALs also called the Recce Rifle
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The 31st Recce Escadrille, forming part of the organic aviation of the Karpaty Army successfully bombed the tanks of the 4th Light Division on the road between Nowy Targ and Chabówka.
The XR311 has been designed to carry out a wide variety of roles including anti-tank, recce, convoy escort, command and control, medivac, military police, mortar carrier, internal security and forward air defense communications vehicle.
The Gilgil barracks is home to the 5th Kenya Rifles (Kenya Army Infantry) also known as "the fighting five", while the Kenyatta Barracks is home to Kenya's only airborne battalion, the 20 Para and also home to the 66 Artillery brigade, the 76 Armoured Recce Battalion and the 1st Mortar Battalion.
Throughout the day, the TACP forward air controllers and Special Forces recce teams that had infiltrated into the area the previous day called in airstrikes from B-1, B-52, F-15, F-18 and F-16 aircraft, inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters, but by no means silencing them.
The Regiment is made up of HQ,A,B,C,D Squadrons l A,B,D Squadron's based at CFB Petawawa are Recce Squadron's each have 12 Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicles organized into 3 Troops 2 Troops are Recce with 6 Coyotes each and an Assault Troop per Squadron l C Squadron based at CFB Gagetown is currently equipped with the Leopard C2 and will soon be equipped with 19 Leopard 2A4M's
Recce Platoon (Cheltenham) - originally equipped with Fox armoured reconnaissance vehicles; from 1990, these were replaced with stripped Land Rover 110s