Reconnaissance 侦察
（重定向自Reconnaissance in force）
![Tatar horsemen in the painting “On Reconnaissance” by Józef Brandt, 1876.](/Images/godic/202502/06/On_Reconnaissance,_Józef_Brandt,_18764307.jpg")
![A Scimitar as used by armoured reconnaissance regiments of the British Army.](/Images/godic/202502/06/RDG_Scimitar_on_Hohne_Ranges_20074307.JPG")
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![March 5, 1968. 1st Cav LRRP Montagnard scouts in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam](/Images/godic/202502/06/Montagnards_in_field4308.png")
Reconnaissance is a mission to obtain information by visual observation or other detection methods, about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or about the meteorologic, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area.