Modern day scout cars?

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Hmm, some have said that computers will be able to replace us once we (or they) figure out how to associate creatively. So, here's my association, then a question.

1) WWII Dailmer Scout Car, AKA Dingo - Despite the obvious limitations of an open-topped cabin, no turret, etc. this handy little British vehicle was produced in relatively large numbers and spawned American, Canadian and Italian-built copies and several postwar descendents.
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2) Georgia Tech ULTRA AP - This concept vehicle combined race car technology, off the shelf parts and an innovative "blast bucket" for crew protection from mines, IEDs and RPGs.
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Given the proliferation of mines, IEDs and RPGs, there would seem to be a role for an armored, mine- and blast-resistant two-seat scout car on the modern battlefield. Something as tough as the big MRAP trucks but small and handy enough to recon where they can't. With modern armor, hybrid propulsion and a remotely-operated weapons station, it could be lighter, faster, quieter, better protected and better armed than the Dingo ever was.

Now the question...

Does anyone know of any recent or contemporary projects to develop a modern day armored scout car, something like a 21st century version of the Daimler Dingo?

Cheers,

Matthew
 
Thanks, Anderman, yes that is certainly the right idea, and an actual production vehicle not a project or prototype. From the note on Wikipedia, though, it doesn't seem quite as well-protected as one might like:

Operational record
Both Germany and the Netherlands have deployed Fennek reconnaissance vehicles to Afghanistan in support of ISAF.[5] On 3 November 2007 a Dutch Fennek was hit by an improvised explosive device killing one and wounding two other occupants. The vehicle and its crew were taking part in an offensive operation targeting the Taliban in the province of Uruzgan, Afghanistan.[6] In another incident a German Fennek was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.[7] Its hollow charge jet penetrated the vehicle through the right front wheel rim, passed through the vehicle and blew the left door off the hinge. Thanks to the spall liner the crew sustained only negligible injuries.
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A RPG-7 warhead can penetrate 300-400 mm steel in common versions. Do not expect any 4x4 vehicle to withstand this well without becoming unacceptably bulky.
A spall liner mitigates much of a shaped charge warhead's effect, and said effect is already small because a thin armour means only a small amount of fragments can be produced by a shaped charge warhead inside the vehicle in the first place.
 

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