A tankette is a tracked armoured fighting vehicleThe Revolution After Next: Making Vertical Envelopment by Operationally Significant Mobile Protected Forces a Reality in the First Decade of the 21st Century, Tedesco, Vincent J. III; Major, School of Advanced Military Studies , United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, United States, 2000, Page 15 resembling a small tank roughly the size of a car, mainly intended for light infantry support or scouting.