Sd.Kfz.265 Panzerbefehlswagen - FtF 1:72

[AchtungPanzer]

Hello All !

This vehicle was not in plan this "weekend" . Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzer.... . Allocation: Poland end of IX 1939



The SdKfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen was the German Army's first purpose-designed command tank, and the primary German command tank in service at the beginning of World War II. Converted from the Panzer I Ausf. B, the SdKfz 265 was to see considerable action during the early years of the War.

History:

The SdKfz 265 was designed to fulfil a growing need within the German Army for a command tank, following the realization that the leaders of a massive panzer formation would themselves have to travel in a tank of some type. This vehicle would have to carry extra equipment and personnel to assist the field commander in his duties.

In 1935 Krupp offered a command tank design based on the existing Panzer I Ausf B training tank chassis. The Ausf. B was a turretless chassis version of the Panzer I designed solely to train tank drivers, and lent itself easily to conversion into a command vehicle.

About 190 SdKfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen conversions were produced by Daimler-Benz between 1935 and 1937, and were produced at the same time as the Ausf B.


Between 1935 and 1940 the SdKfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen was the standard command tank of the German Panzer divisions. Each Panzer division contained sixteen tank companies, grouped into four battalions, two regiments or one brigade, for a total of twenty-three headquarters. Each headquarters would be issued at least one command tank. In 1940 the SdKfz 265 was also issued to the signals and observation battalions of the Panzer artillery regiments.

The SdKfz 265 first saw combat in the Polish Campaign of September 1939. Afterwards, many were converted to Sanitatskraftwagen I (Sd.Kfz. 265) armoured ambulances which served in the French Campaign of 1940. Of the 190 produced, 96 were still in used in May 1940 at the start of the invasion of France and the Low Countries



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Model after painting with decals

I made a hole in MG barrel . Was task

[AchtungPanzer]

Finished Model. 6-7 hours of work. Painting Bruh's. Last photo in Artificial Light

[UKguyInUSA]

Crazy, how small and detailed that is, especially when you see the matchstick laying at the side of it?!!

[APC227]

That one really looks great! I do always fail to weather 1/72 kits xD

Say, i wanted to buy a huge anmount of First to Fight tanks for my videos project, but it seems like their homepage stopped to sell into other countries? Do you know something about it? Do they still sell these "battlepack" (3 tanks pack)? Do they still ship into other countries?

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[Hillbilly]

Another outstanding 1/72 build! Your skill at building these little monsters is top notch!

[Coen]

That's wickedly beautiful work Eryk! Well done