The Sd.Kfz.265 Kleine Panzerbefehlswagen armored command vehicle was developed for the Wehrmacht Panzer Division Commanders to closely follow tanks and better coordinate them on the battlefield. This 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 was used in combat operations for the first time during the Spanish Civil War. Already considered outdated at beginning of World War II, it was assigned to signal corps and some of them were converted in ambulances.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/72
Country: Germany
Length: 2.2”
Skill Level: 3
- Painting and assembly required
- 3 sprues
- Individual plastic track links
- Includes one figure
- Decals
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide
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Paint Guide:
A. Filmpanzer auf Panzerbefehlswagen I Ausf.B, 11th Panzer Division, Russia, 1941
Flat Black
Flat Gunmetal
Flat Rust
Flat Skin Tone Warm Tint
Flat Rubber
Metallic Flat Steel
Gloss White
Metallic Gloss Silver
Flat Panzer Schwarzgrau RAL 7021
B. Sd.Kfz.265 Panzerbefehlswagen I Ausf.B, Nachrichten Abteilung, 1st Company, unknown unit, Poland, 1939
Flat Black
Flat Gunmetal
Flat Rust
Flat Skin Tone Warm Tint
Flat Rubber
Metallic Flat Steel
Gloss White
Metallic Gloss Silver
Flat Panzer Schwarzgrau RAL 7021
C. Panzerbefehlswagen I Ausf.B, Pz. Rgt. 5, 21st Panzer Division, Libya, late 1941
Flat Black
Flat Gunmetal
Flat Rust
Flat Skin Tone Warm Tint
Flat Rubber
Metallic Flat Steel
Gloss White
Metallic Gloss Silver
Flat Panzer Dunkelgelb 1943
Flat Panzer Schwarzgrau RAL 7021
D. Sanitaswagen Panzerbefehlswagen I Ausf.B, 4th Panzer Division, France, 1940
Flat Black
Flat Gunmetal
Flat Rust
Flat Skin Tone Warm Tint
Flat Rubber
Metallic Flat Steel
Gloss White
Metallic Gloss Silver
Flat Panzer Dunkelgelb 1943
Flat Panzer Schwarzgrau RAL 7021
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