The reconnaissance is the small military unit providing important field information of the enemy and terrain. They operate in small platoons of eight soldier, dividing into two patrol units of four soldiers. They are inserted in the area either with their BV202/BV206 carrier, snowmobile, small boats, helicopter, parachute or with their own feet. They sneak into the target invisible by the enemy, walk around the object finding out all about numbers and type of the enemy, what they are doing and what it looks like they are planning to do.

They are well trained to dig an observation post (OP) into the ground, and camouflage it against thermal signature. The only thing coming out from the OP is the radio antenna, and the observation binocular. The recon man does not leave his OP for weeks. Every thing he does, is done in the little hole in the ground, surrounded with his three companion soldiers.

The Recon is the first Norwegian Cavalry unit that was active after the WW2. The headquarter was placed in the UK.

Units in the Army and Home guard can get the task to surveillance a road intersection or other strategically important points, but the Cavalrys Reconnaissance is trained for long distance reconnaissance, far into enemy territory. They have learned to live what the nature supplies, and how to escape. They have gone through courses learning to get out of enemy contact. The goal is to se, without being seen. They avoid opening fire towards the enemy, and use as little as possible of their 7,62mm ammunition in their AG3 automatic rifles.

The Recon teams does not engage any enemy forces. If they are fired upon, they will evacuate emidiately.

The recon units in the Cavalry har a close teamwork with "Hærens Jegerkommando" (Special Forces). Each year a student from the Cavalry Officer Academy, Recon is chosen to become an officer in the Jegerkommando. A "Jeger" is known by it's burgun beret, while the rest of the cavalry wears a black.

In order to get the mission successful, the recon man is dependent on one thing... his portable radio communicator. Without the radio, he can't sent reports back to his commander, and his knowledge of the enemy is useless.

The Recon units is far from friendly forces. That is why they are specially skilled in survival, medic, signals and more.

Hidden lavvo	Improvised bivuak	Inside
Patrol in snowy forest	Slaughter a sheep	Ghillie suit
BV206 with 12.7 mm	BV206	BV 202
Bell helicopter	Bell helicopter, rapelling

• http://www.sdr.mil.no/bsk/linjer.html Befalsskolen for Kavaleriet
• http://www.sdr.mil.no/bsk/linjer.html Hærens Jegerkommando

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