Active scouting
Driving fast through or past enemy positions to reveal them, accepting exposure in exchange for information.
Also known as active spotting, suicide scouting.
An active scout uses speed and proximity spotting to light a position that nothing can see from safety. Done at the right moment it hands the team every target on a flank at once.
Done at the wrong moment, which is most of the time in the first minute, it costs the team a vehicle for a few seconds of vision. The difference is timing: after the enemy has committed, an active pass is information, before it, it is a donation.
Related terms
Proximity spottingThe rule that any vehicle within 50 metres is spotted regardless of concealment, as long as line of sight exists.Passive scoutingSpotting from a stationary concealed position, using view range and camouflage rather than speed.SpottingMaking an enemy vehicle visible to your whole team, which is what turns a position into a target.Light tankThe scouting class: fast, small and heavily concealed, built to see the enemy rather than to fight them.