Italeri 7072 - 1:72 Sd.Kfz 265 Kl. Panzerbefehlswagen

Sd.Kfz 265 Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen

Length of the model 61 mm

The Sd.Kfz 265 Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen armored command vehicle was born to meet the need of the Wehrmacht Panzer Division Commanders to follow, as close as possible, the tanks and better coordinate them on the battlefield. The armored command vehicle was designed on the Panzer I Ausf. B light tank chassis. To increase the space for the unit commander and his staff, the traditional rotating turret with the main armament was removed and a tall fixed superstructure was installed. The commander´s room was able
to host the battle maps, the transmission and the communication systems. An additional radio antenna could be used, on the hull, to increase the range of radio communication. Produced from the second half of ´30s the Panzerbefehlswagen has been used in combat operations in September 1939 during the Poland invasion.