- br1 tank
- br2 tank
- br3 rider/driver
- no
German companies were competing with Czech companies to develop a light reconnaissance tank. 1942 the T-15 and Pz38(t) n.A. programs continued by inertia in spite of mass production was already out of the question. The Aufklärungspanzer 38(t), was made from a converted Marder III chassis recovered from the battlefield.
Armour
front / side / back
Hull
50 / 30 / 30 mm
Turret
30 / 14 / 14 mm
Visibility
73 %
Crew
4 persons
20 mm KwK38 cannon
Ammunition300 rounds
Belt capacity10 rounds
7.8 → 6 s
Fire rate450 shots/min
Available belts
[7.92 mm MG42 machine gun]
Ammunition1,800 rounds
Belt capacity150 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate1,200 shots/min
Two Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) companies were created in 1944, 25 tanks were sent to the Grossdeutschland division. 25 more tanks were sent to the 3rd Tank Division. The Aufklärungspanzer 38(t) were used during the fighting at Lake Balaton in Hungary.
Balaton was part of operation Spring Awakening the last major German offensive of WW2. The operation took place on the Western Front. The objective was to secure the last significant oil reserves still available to Germany and prevent the soviets from advancing towards Vienna.
- TT
- BP
- Event
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No the Sd.Kfz. 140/1 is too fast. To heavily armed and armored to be at br2 as anything but a tank. With armor approaching a Sherman and deployed months before the end of the war it needs to be at least br3 if not in the tank slot. The 2cm should easily handle br 1 and 2 tanks as well as br3 tank destroyers. The large crew of four will also give it the ability to take a few hits. the open top and relatively for br3 light gun make it a good vehicle for recon in force. A production run of between 5 and a hundred make it a low tech tree contender in the axis tree.
