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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.
One of the best-known variants was the kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen ("small armored command vehicle"), built on the Ausf. A and Ausf. B chassis—200 of these were manufactured. The Panzer I Ausf. B chassis was also used to build the German Army's first tracked tank destroyer, the Panzerjäger I.
Panzerbefehlswagen on Panzer I Ausf. B chassis Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (kl Pz Bef Wg) Given the designation Sd.Kfz. 265, the kl Pz Bef Wg was a modification of the ...
Sonderkraftfahrzeug (abbreviated Sd.Kfz., [1] German for "special purpose vehicle") was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany before and during World War II for military vehicles; for example Sd.Kfz. 101 for the Panzer I, and Sd.Kfz. 251 for the armored personnel carrier made by Hanomag.
Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen (light command tank version of the Panzer I) Kleiner Panzerfunkwagen (designation for the Sd.Kfz. 260 and Sd.Kfz. 261) Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 (Sd.Kfz. 2, little tracked motorcycle) Königstiger (common alternative name for the Tiger II) Krupp Minenraumer S (anti-mine vehicle) Krupp Traktor LaS (company name for ...
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.
The Germans also built the Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen, the German Army's first purpose-designed command tank, converted from the Panzer I Ausf B, and was the primary German command tank in service at the beginning of World War II. Panzerbefehlswagen command tank Three Neubaufahrzeuge arriving in Oslo Harbour, April 1940
The Panzer I (Sd. Kfz. 101) was not intended as a combat vehicle but more to familiarise industry and the army with tanks. By the time production ended in 1937, 1869 Panzer I hulls had been produced, of which 1493 were fitted with turrets, and the rest were used as command or training vehicles.