About to sign up, but still got questions....

[Eye In The Sky]

I'll start by pointing you in this direction, the Combat Arms sub-forum.  Here you can find tons of posts on the Infantry, Armour, Artillery and Combat Engineer worlds.

http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php/board,41

A point on an earlier post of the role of recce; to see without being seen.  (not always possible...)

*The role of Armoured Recce is obtain accurate, tactical information on the enemy and ground in all phases of war and to report this information back quickly to a higher command*

In general terms, yes Armd Recce can and will be tasked to do dismounted patrols.  Yes, infanteers can and do drive LAVs.  To go into detail would take a long time and probably be over your head at this point, so again I will recommend you go read the Infantry and Armour sub-forums, search thru them for specific stuff like "recce patrols" "foot patrolling", etc to narrow down what you have to sift thru.  These points have (likely) been covered before and from people who actually have done, and do these roles.

Understanding the role of the infantry (To close with and destroy the enemy) and the role of Armoured Recce (posted above) is a good starting point...

Hope this helps some...there is lots of good info in the Combat Arms forum.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

When we dismount we do standard dismounted recce roles.  In response to your question if we engage targets dismounted.  The short answer......NO.  A dismounted recce will typically have four guys.  Not exactly an optimal fighting force.  We try and stay as stealthy as possible.

Hmmm...what about engaging tgt's with the Golf c/s on the other end of the radio while dismounted in an O.P. or something like that?  Best wpn in Armd Recce was always a working radio IIRC...