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The Panzerbefehlswagen IV (Pz. Bef. Wg. IV) was a command tank. This conversion entailed the installation of additional radio sets with associated mounting racks, transformers, junction boxes, wiring, antennas and an auxiliary electrical generator.
The kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (English: light armoured command vehicle), known also by its ordnance inventory designation Sd.Kfz. 265, was the German Army's first purpose-designed armoured command vehicle; a type of armoured fighting vehicle designed to provide a tank unit commander with mobility and communications on the battlefield.
Ostwind - popular name for the Flakpanzer IV mit 3.7 cm FlaK; Panther tank (name for the Panzerkampfwagen V) Jagdpanzer IV/70 (75 mm L/70 gun armed assault gun version of the Jagdpanzer IV, also Panzer IV/70) Panzerbefehlswagen III (command tank version of the Panzer III) Panzerbefehlswagen IV (command tank version of the Panzer IV)
Sd.Kfz. 162 - Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 main gun on Panzer IV chassis Sd.Kfz. 162/1 - Jagdpanzer IV with 75 mm L/70 main gun) Sd.Kfz. 163 - Sturmgeschütz IV for Sturmkanone 40 (L/48) Sd.Kfz. 164 - Nashorn (until 1944 known as Hornisse) panzerjäger tank destroyer with 88 mm Pak 43 main gun)
Panzerbefehlswagen (command tank) III Ausf E or F in Greece, fitted with a 37 mm gun and two coaxial machine guns (1941). German Panzer IV medium tank. Panzer V (Panther) However, the appearance of a few of the new generation T-34 and KV-1 tanks in Russia during 1941 compelled the Germans to begin a race for superior armor and gun power. The ...
Panzerbefehlswagen Panther Ausf. A (Sd.Kfz. 267) of the Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland photographed in southern Ukraine in 1944. Bergepanther at the Musée des Blindés, Saumur Restored Panther Ausf A on display at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa.
Hornisse = 88 mm Pak43/1 auf Geschützwagen III/IV, later known as Nashorn (Sd. Kfz. 164) Möbelwagen = Self-propelled anti-aircraft. 37 mm Flak 43 L/89 on Panzer IV chassis (Flakpanzer IV Sd. Kfz.161/3) Wirbelwind = Self-propelled anti-aircraft. Quadruple 20 mm Flak 38 L/112.5 guns on Panzer IV chassis, with armoured turret (Flakpanzer IV)
By November 18, 1942, the division only had 7 Panzer II, 1 Panzer III, 19 Panzer IV, and 3 Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen operational. [5] In January–February 1943, Großdeutschland and XXXXVIII Panzer Corps, along with the II SS Panzer Corps took part in the Third Battle of Kharkov.