From the Warlord Games Website
New for early war German Panzer formations is this command vehicle –
the Panzer-Befehlswagen I. Rules for this new vehicle can be found in
the Tank War supplement….
Germany’s first purpose built command tank, the Sd.Kfz
265 Panzer-Befehlswagen gave the commanders of armoured formations the
protection they would need as they travelled with the panzers into
battle.
Based on the hull os the Panzer I Ausf. B light tank, the turret was
removed to make way for the addition of a FuG6 radio transmitter –
something the original tank lacked. The change from turret to heightened
fighting compartment also meant there was room to add a radio operator –
another element lacking in the Panzer I. Although the turret was lost,
the new design retained one of the two machine guns for defence.
During the late 1930s and into the early years of WWII, the PzBefw I
became a standard feature in Panzer divisions. 190 were produced between
1935 and 1937 with 96 of those still in use during the invasions of
France and the low countries in 1940. Following those campaigns the
vehicles were withdrawn from use at company level, only remaining at
higher levels. Even so, by this time the PzBefw I was all but obsolete.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Warlord Games Press Release - New: Panzer-Befehlswagen I Ausf. B
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