Motor Scout was the world's first armed vehicle with an internal combustion engine .
The British engineer, one of the first pioneers of motorization, Frederick Richard Simms collaborated with the Daimler company (German: Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft ), and, having her license, founded one of the first British automobile companies, the Royal Automobile Club automobile club. Automobile Club).
Frederick Simms was convinced that automobiles played a decisive role in future wars. He bought an ATV company De-Dion-Bouton (fr. De Dion-Bouton) with a 1.5 hp Surrey engine and placed the Maxim machine gun with a shield over the steering wheel (June 1899). He later built the world's first Armored Car Motor War Car .
The layout of the Colt machine gun on a tricycle, ATV was repeated in 1902-1904 by American Major R. Davidson (born Major RPDavidson. See Davidson-Cadillac ), whose ideas were realized by Carl Duro. and Charles Duryea (see Duryea Motor Wagon Company ).