So what is the SCOUT SV?

We get beneath the skin of the army's latest Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV).

General Dynamics describes SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SCOUT SV) as a step change in the armoured fighting vehicle capability being delivered to the Army.

The programme has six variants:

• Scout Reconnaissance
• Protected Mobility Reconnaissance Support (PMRS)
• Command and Control
• Engineering Reconnaissance
• Repair
• Recovery.

The company says each variant will be based on a common platform which will be a highly-agile, tracked, medium-weight armoured fighting vehicle.

General Dynamics says each variant will have acoustic detectors, a laser warning system, a local situational awareness system, an electronic countermeasure system, a route marking system, an advanced electronic architecture and a high performance power pack.

The company was awarded £3.5 billion to deliver 589 SCOUT SV platforms to the British Army on 3 September 2014.