;o figure, both the armed tanks -about 675- er plate to protect it.

This tank remalned in

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o and the Panzer /B designated ohne Aufbau. the maintenance and recovery sections of
The latter, also known as lnstandset- armoured companies until 1941 , when it
o-
E zungskraftwagen, were built by the same became too small for these tasks. ln any
c,
o companies, attalning the non-ne$ligible fig- case, by mid-1940 its main task was that of
N
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ure of 164 vehicles built from 1936 to armoured tralning vehicle.
O
L
1-938, ancl were basically intended for basic Just like it had happened with lhe Ausf. A,
and advancecl training, maintenance and an experlmental vehicle of this model was
repairs. The tank was exactly identical to the devised, fitted with an air-cooled diesel Krupp
B model but wtthout a turret, armament or M601 engine, in an attempt at increasing its
superstructure, keeping only the engine cov- speed.

Two views of
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and B models.
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ing, as the :

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late 1938. ,'' - .
the tanks o' .
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