@@TheKsalad I keep getting bugged by channels with ai voices pretty much using brainrot to sink in a false fun fact Flashing images and family guy clips with stock images while the ai voice tells you the veterans complaining about enemy at the gates were all drunk when making remarks
Im listening to a panzer commandants memoirs atm and he said that those scout cars litterary were just used to drive forward establish contact ( get shot at ) or find the enemy in a more sneaky way and then immediately retreat and tell the tanks what’s up He also said the regular panzer men respected those guys a lot as they had neither the armor nor the weaponry to defend themselves Oh and btw the crew were all panzer men meaning they could easily have been put into a panzer 4 for example when the need arose
@@PalleRasmussen nowadays yes The Germans kinda pioneered that whole combined arms Strategie which was only possible because every vehicle had either a short range or even long range radio
I was expecting to see Lt Gruber's "little tank" here as well. Incidentally the Germans made use of a lot of captured French Panhard armored cars as well, deploying them in Russia during the war.
Hey Johnny. Just wanted to say that you're sounding a lot better here and I really enjoyed the video. I'm sorry about the implication I made on the Johnson rifle video and I hope you're doing alright. Thank you for working on these videos and letting us learn about these weapons and vehicles in real life and film.
Itself replaced then by the BTR-152, which was replaced by the BTR-60, which was replaced by the BTR-70, which was replaced by the BTR-80, which was replaced by the BTR-82.
Strictly speaking thats not true. The BA-3/6 series of armored trucks started production in 1933, two years before the 221/2 series. Rather the BA-3/6 is loosely copying the 231/2 series of German armored trucks, which started production in 1932, who's armor design directly informs that of the later 221/2.
@@Vorpal_Wit That's really something to note but still may want to tell JJ on those ideas about that along with another armored car by the Soviets you can tell JJ the BA-10 model too and also may want to tell JJ about either SAS Jeeps and Technicals or civilian vehicles turning into makeshift military weapons that are used in the current conflicts now.
These cars did not demonstrate the benefits of sloped armor, which was already well known. Sloped armor had been used on ships for close to a century by that point. These cars did demonstrate welded construction would provide enough structural rigidity to make sloped armor practical on such a small vehicle. Without welding all of those oblique angles would require so much internal structural reinforcement there'd hardly be room for the crew.
Sloped armour also has drawbacks. The same weight of armour is used to protect the same area, even though it may be thinner, it's longer, the angle also at times makes poor use of internal space. Sloped armour can superior in some applications, conventional in others, it's a trade off.
I remember the scene in a bridge too far, when the German recon troops charged across the bridge. I thought it was exaggerated. Now a scout in the military and driving my own 25 ton scout tank, in West Germany. I read that that's exactly what the company commander did in real life, and he died just as the movie showed. He didn't think the British were as well sst up as they were and only had light arms.
Long ago, I was a member of a reserve armoured reconnaissance unit in the Canadian Army. We had no tanks or armoured cars, we were equipped with jeeps that were equipped with a general-purpose machine gun mounted on a pintle next to the crew commander's seat. And just like the weapons mounted on the German armoured cars, it was there purely for defensive purposes. The style of reconnaissance we conducted was exactly the same as what the Leichter Panzerspähwagen was intended to do - to gather information by stealth and to maintain contact with the enemy while avoiding detection or engagement. Needless to say, given that we were mounted in jeeps with zero armour protection, it would have been suicidal for us to try to fight for information and directly engage enemy units.
And according to the DPRK, it is top secret classified military technology, making any and all documentation about it totally verboten for War Thunder to discuss. Lol.
After the fall of France many Germany army trucks were sold off because Germany could not afford to use them. Hence the horses. The futility of this is shown by the fact that 2,000 horses died at Stalingrad because the German army could not feed them.
@@bigblue6917no, the German army did not sell off their trucks after the fall of France. The Germans never had enough trucks at any point in the war, which is why they used a lot of horses. The German even used a large number of foreign trucks, from the countries they occupied. So after the fall of France, Germany took a lot of French trucks for their own use.
Built this from the Tamiya 1/35 scale kit ages ago. Have another one - and its brother - in the "to build" stack right now. Thanks for a great reference video.
Very good video. At a casual glance most people wouldn’t have notice the photo of the 222 in KMT service was actually Chinese as the Chinese used the German M35 helmet as well. The blue sky with white sun emblem gave it away. it was a great photograph which I hadn’t seen before.
so glad you said the name so well. it hurts my ears to hear most youtubers saying Panzerspähwagen as SPEAR wagen which leaves me rolling in the aisles lol
A man in my town was a professional prop maker. He made an exact replica of one of these, or as close as he could get it. You can see it briefly in Valkyrie in the scene where Tom Cruise is wounded by an air strike.
It isn't a turret at all, it's a gun shield, as you'll find on many AT guns and Flak. As you've stated correctly, it was mounted to the gun. The elevation of the 2cm gun also allowed for some AA work.
The scene from A Bridge Too Far was largely accurate in that the attack across the Arnhem bridge was carried out by a recon battalion from the 10th SS with many half-tracks and armoured cars. They used every vehicle available in the doomed attack
I just love the designs and functionality of the Sd.Kfz. models. This model I don't know where it's still exist, the only model I was able to saw as a German myself was the Sd.Kfz. 231 Typ GS in Koblenz in the "Wehrtechnischen Studiensammlung" (imagine it as a gigantic collection of German military technology for people in the Bundeswehr to learn from, and civilians can visit it too like a regular museum. 3€ for Peak.)
@@mikeearl4263 besides the noises (wood cracking and stuff) it's awesome there, my personal highlight on the top floor was the various helmets and the StG44 The various tanks, planes, anti air guns and cannons, rockets etc. are the things I was drawn too, I almost forgot the other floors. But I was able to see the MG42 , I was so happy.
One aspect of the various armored cars that Germany deployed in this era is the Rad designation... which basically tells you if its a 4-wheel, 6-wheel, or 8-wheel vehicle. To give you an idea, the M8 Greyhound would be designated a 6-Rad.
Hey, it's that cute seeming German armored vehicle in Call of Duty and Company of Heroes! Though, in figurative speech, they sure have their bums on thistles. So, British Tetrarch next? Tankettes like the Carro Veloce?
Hey friend it was nice to hear from ya earlier in the week. These are far from my favourite historic car. I actually kinda like the SARC 6lber despite it admitedly being one of the ugliest vehicles i've ever seen. It's interesting to note that i'm now able to appreciate armoured vehicles on levels beyond aesthetic design. In wartunder i have used this and it's enjoyable to empty the 20 shell clip in a 2 second burst! Kinda silly it's classified as an SPAAG in game, I think it would be better in the light tank family
The Fennek is practically the perfect reconnaissance car, but for its lack of ability to withstand mine and IED strikes. Compact, fast, stealthy, just enough armament to get you out of a pickle and buy you time to withdraw, what's not to like?
The 222 replica used in 633 Squadron was fairly crude, as you can see. But there was a genuine 222 extant in the UK in the late 60s. It appears in the Chateau Du Charlon scenes in Mosquito Squadron (1968) and also in the TV series Manhunt (1970). Some of the German armoured car replicas used in A Bridge Too Far (1977) were built over Land Rovers (not Range Rovers). The 222 replica made for the film is the same one which appears in Allo Allo as Gruber's Little Tank.
Whenever I see these things I’m reminded of a story one of my primary school teachers in the early 70’s in a rare snippet when he loosened up one time from his days in the NZ division eighth army in North Africa, telling us boys that he climbed up and looked inside a knocked out example one time to find the turret crew still sitting on their seats after an antitank round had penetrated & wizzed around the curved interior taking off their heads at the same time. Never forget that story, or his closing remark “you got used to that sort of thing !”
0:11 The pronunciation was really good, especially the pronunciation of the "ä" was absolutely on point. One small note: You pronounced the "ch" in _leichter_ as if it was a "ck". _Leichter_ is pronounced [ˈlaɪ̯çtɐ] so the "ch" makes a sort of hissing sound towards the front of your palate.
It's true the idea is to use it as a scout or exploitation armored vehicle to get well behind enemy lines to seize important objectives to hamper command and supply. However in some instances scraped together battle groups like those at ramagen they had to use whatever was at hand until medium and heavy tanks could be transported and deployed.
"AaaAAAAaaaahLright I'm Johnny" is oddly satisfying to hear at the end of each video.
Can't explain, it just is.
Then right after, you have a nice rest of your day.
It's not affected enough to be a "catchphrase" but also iconic enough to be endearing😊
Hell yeah I am straight up addicted to alriiightt I'm Johnnny
Personally, I'm never particularly pleased that another video of his has come to an end.
My favorite thing about Johnny Johnson is how he has never posted a bad video.
Some of my old ones make me cringe lol but you are very kind 😇
Consistency with a good range of sources and media
He also reads like an actual real human instead of copying the fake youtuber british accent or using AI to coverup a horrendous accent.
Thanks man I'll never use AI. Even if I have a cold or something people will just have to deal with my voice haha
@@TheKsalad I keep getting bugged by channels with ai voices pretty much using brainrot to sink in a false fun fact
Flashing images and family guy clips with stock images while the ai voice tells you the veterans complaining about enemy at the gates were all drunk when making remarks
Leichter Panzerspähwagen *Slaps the vehicle’s door*
Great comment hun
Bentley
@@somethingelse516 Leichter Panzerspähwagen
@@kylemacbayne5118 Bentley
I love the translation from two words to double. It’s funny, but how does the original comment have a different translation than the third reply?
Im listening to a panzer commandants memoirs atm and he said that those scout cars litterary were just used to drive forward establish contact ( get shot at ) or find the enemy in a more sneaky way and then immediately retreat and tell the tanks what’s up
He also said the regular panzer men respected those guys a lot as they had neither the armor nor the weaponry to defend themselves
Oh and btw the crew were all panzer men meaning they could easily have been put into a panzer 4 for example when the need arose
Great book!
That is how all sides did it and how it is still done.
@@PalleRasmussen nowadays yes
The Germans kinda pioneered that whole combined arms Strategie which was only possible because every vehicle had either a short range or even long range radio
@@tavish4699 the Brits did it too. I am unsure of the Americans.
@@PalleRasmussen 😂 you know us Americans - "I'm in a metal box on wheels?? I'M INVINCIBLE!"
In CoD 2 Davis along with Price and MacGregor hijack a 222 in the mission "Outnumbered and Outgunned" (great level BTW).
There’s also one that is present in the movie Valkyrie that tries shooting at planes in North Africa
MACGREGORRRRR!!!
“MacGregor, get this thing moving! MACGREGORRRRRR!!!!!”
I still wonder how Davis survived that direct hit that threw him off the turret.
Me During that Mission:
"Oh for Fucks sakes MacGregor, Fucking move!!!"
Leichter Panzerspähwagen vs Bentley. You won’t be disappointed.
trying to find the original is hard.
Bentley
Ah, Lieutenant Gruber's "little tank", Hubert Jr. :)
I was expecting to see Lt Gruber's "little tank" here as well. Incidentally the Germans made use of a lot of captured French Panhard armored cars as well, deploying them in Russia during the war.
I love that show
One of my fav shows
One of my fav shows
If only luchs's weren't so damn rare, the initial plan was to give him one of those to drive but they couldn't find/get one 😂
So glad you showed its appearance in " 'Allo 'Allo! " where the rather camp Lt. Gruber referred to it as his "Liddle Tank". Drive on, Clarence!
I always loved how angular and bulky this thing looks. The big wheel hanging off the side looks crazy.
Yeah it really looks nice together with the german half track.
Getting slammed on 8 watermelon white claws and taking this bad boy out for street racing
I'm down
B double e double r u n beer run
Nah, take Prervitin instead
Hellz yeah
♀️ Bentley
♂️ Leichter Panzerspähwagen
Bentley
Hey Johnny. Just wanted to say that you're sounding a lot better here and I really enjoyed the video. I'm sorry about the implication I made on the Johnson rifle video and I hope you're doing alright. Thank you for working on these videos and letting us learn about these weapons and vehicles in real life and film.
Hey it's totally okay I like getting the feedback. Narrating and editing audio is still a tricky thing for me and it helps to hear feedback. 🙏
So glad to see lots of footage from 'allo 'allo where we regularly are told about Lt. Grueber's 'little tank'
The Sd.Kfz. 222 in "The Keep" is the same one in the "Allo Allo" series. It's now in a british little war museum.
Yes the Adress: Common Rd, Windsor SL4 6QY, in the United Kingdom. History on Wheels Motor Museum
The Keep is a great movie. I loved the Horror / War / mystic atmosphere in that story.
I had this as a micro machine as a kid. It was my favorite.
The sloped armor design was loosely copied by the Soviets to create the BA-64 armored car, which itself was replaced by the BTR-40.
Itself replaced then by the BTR-152, which was replaced by the BTR-60, which was replaced by the BTR-70, which was replaced by the BTR-80, which was replaced by the BTR-82.
That's good to know and also not a bad video idea for JJ may want to recommend that along with the other vehicle you mentioned there as well.
Strictly speaking thats not true. The BA-3/6 series of armored trucks started production in 1933, two years before the 221/2 series. Rather the BA-3/6 is loosely copying the 231/2 series of German armored trucks, which started production in 1932, who's armor design directly informs that of the later 221/2.
@@Vorpal_Wit That's really something to note but still may want to tell JJ on those ideas about that along with another armored car by the Soviets you can tell JJ the BA-10 model too and also may want to tell JJ about either SAS Jeeps and Technicals or civilian vehicles turning into makeshift military weapons that are used in the current conflicts now.
These cars did not demonstrate the benefits of sloped armor, which was already well known. Sloped armor had been used on ships for close to a century by that point. These cars did demonstrate welded construction would provide enough structural rigidity to make sloped armor practical on such a small vehicle. Without welding all of those oblique angles would require so much internal structural reinforcement there'd hardly be room for the crew.
Sloped armour also has drawbacks. The same weight of armour is used to protect the same area, even though it may be thinner, it's longer, the angle also at times makes poor use of internal space. Sloped armour can superior in some applications, conventional in others, it's a trade off.
@@chrismcleod9748 Perhaps one would prefer to have some armored roof too.
@@chrismcleod9748 The most clear example of the internal space issue was with the T-34. Crews complained that tank was too cramped.
Sloped armor was not as widely known around tank combat and armored cars especially in WW1
I remember the scene in a bridge too far, when the German recon troops charged across the bridge.
I thought it was exaggerated.
Now a scout in the military and driving my own 25 ton scout tank, in West Germany.
I read that that's exactly what the company commander did in real life, and he died just as the movie showed.
He didn't think the British were as well sst up as they were and only had light arms.
The only Audi I want
With guns too
Wanna crew one with me Johnny?
Long ago, I was a member of a reserve armoured reconnaissance unit in the Canadian Army. We had no tanks or armoured cars, we were equipped with jeeps that were equipped with a general-purpose machine gun mounted on a pintle next to the crew commander's seat. And just like the weapons mounted on the German armoured cars, it was there purely for defensive purposes.
The style of reconnaissance we conducted was exactly the same as what the Leichter Panzerspähwagen was intended to do - to gather information by stealth and to maintain contact with the enemy while avoiding detection or engagement.
Needless to say, given that we were mounted in jeeps with zero armour protection, it would have been suicidal for us to try to fight for information and directly engage enemy units.
For me this is most iconic for being "Gruber's little tank" from the amazing series "Allo allo"
The Soviet counterpart , BA-64 , is still in active service with North Korea's People Worker-Peasant Red Guards militia.
And according to the DPRK, it is top secret classified military technology, making any and all documentation about it totally verboten for War Thunder to discuss. Lol.
I'd say these were the most iconic armoured car of the war. They are certainly the first thing I think of when it comes to armoured cars
They were probably the closest thing to a modern-day conception of an armoured car because of its sloped armour.
Johnny: "Germany struggled with mechanization for the entire war."
"You have horses! What were you thinking?"~ Private Webster 🤣
The real irony of that is, of course, that they are travelling in opposite directions on an autobahn.
Defending germany from britain war mongering
‘We have General Motors…’
After the fall of France many Germany army trucks were sold off because Germany could not afford to use them. Hence the horses. The futility of this is shown by the fact that 2,000 horses died at Stalingrad because the German army could not feed them.
@@bigblue6917no, the German army did not sell off their trucks after the fall of France. The Germans never had enough trucks at any point in the war, which is why they used a lot of horses. The German even used a large number of foreign trucks, from the countries they occupied. So after the fall of France, Germany took a lot of French trucks for their own use.
Built this from the Tamiya 1/35 scale kit ages ago. Have another one - and its brother - in the "to build" stack right now. Thanks for a great reference video.
Thanks for all your amazing videos on very specific history I love them all so much you are my favorite youtuber an I watch like 40 channels
Thanks man comments like these make a big difference.
Very good video. At a casual glance most people wouldn’t have notice the photo of the 222 in KMT service was actually Chinese as the Chinese used the German M35 helmet as well. The blue sky with white sun emblem gave it away. it was a great photograph which I hadn’t seen before.
so glad you said the name so well. it hurts my ears to hear most youtubers saying Panzerspähwagen as SPEAR wagen which leaves me rolling in the aisles lol
The Soviet BA-64 armored car is influence by this German armored car.
Clips from Allo, Allo is a pleasant surprise.
A good video again Johnny! Always nice to learn something
I clicked hoping to see Grübers Little Tank. Was not disappointed 😂
Im just here to hear him say "Aaalright im Johnny"
Really dig the use of "Alo Alo" clips with his "little tank" lol.
As an old Cavalry Scout, I have always liked the Sd.Kfz 222. Being small, light, maneuverable and well armed, it was an excellent recon vehicle!
Qapla!
Cheers Johnny. Always a pleasure to see your videos 👍🏻👍🏻
The 222 was the first model kit I ever built. 1/72 scale.
Lieutenant Gruber from Allo Allo once had the bad luck that his SDKFZ 222 exploded.
Did Michelle from the resistance do that then?!
@@paulwee1924dus she did it with her bazongas
A man in my town was a professional prop maker. He made an exact replica of one of these, or as close as he could get it. You can see it briefly in Valkyrie in the scene where Tom Cruise is wounded by an air strike.
"Toot your tooters if you understand!"
It isn't a turret at all, it's a gun shield, as you'll find on many AT guns and Flak. As you've stated correctly, it was mounted to the gun. The elevation of the 2cm gun also allowed for some AA work.
Amazing narrator and story teller, it’s a pleasure to alway learn something new from this channel!
Very kind words thank you 😊 🙏
"222 IS OUT OF ACTION" - That poor 222 that i sent to lockdown a fuel point in CoH2
A very insightful one this..the armoured car war market was rather crowded..a traffic jam even...cheers Johnny...E
The scene from A Bridge Too Far was largely accurate in that the attack across the Arnhem bridge was carried out by a recon battalion from the 10th SS with many half-tracks and armoured cars. They used every vehicle available in the doomed attack
Lt. Gruber's little tank
Pink piping, right.
This might have been one of my favorites. Thank you
Nice to see the LT's little tank get some love :)
You cant sneak a Shawshank reference past me bucko...
1 month solitude for you!
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Damnit
>scout vehicle without a radio
I just love the designs and functionality of the Sd.Kfz. models. This model I don't know where it's still exist, the only model I was able to saw as a German myself was the Sd.Kfz. 231 Typ GS in Koblenz in the "Wehrtechnischen Studiensammlung" (imagine it as a gigantic collection of German military technology for people in the Bundeswehr to learn from, and civilians can visit it too like a regular museum. 3€ for Peak.)
I've been to that museum twice. It's an under appreciated gem, especially the small arms displays on the top floor.
@@mikeearl4263 besides the noises (wood cracking and stuff) it's awesome there, my personal highlight on the top floor was the various helmets and the StG44
The various tanks, planes, anti air guns and cannons, rockets etc. are the things I was drawn too, I almost forgot the other floors. But I was able to see the MG42 , I was so happy.
Armour car in real life:💀💀💀💀💥💥💥
Armour car in war thunder: * drivin around the tank *
One aspect of the various armored cars that Germany deployed in this era is the Rad designation... which basically tells you if its a 4-wheel, 6-wheel, or 8-wheel vehicle.
To give you an idea, the M8 Greyhound would be designated a 6-Rad.
I have only ever heard Germans counting the axles: a six-wheeler (whatever kind of vehicle) is drei-achsig.
love that you have the one from BBC's "allo allo" ...
Loved the reference to "Allo Allo" little tank of Lieutenant Hubert Gruber...and Heroes & Generals game :)
I love when he uses Bo Time Gaming clips for his videos. I love scouting in WT.
I miss COH1. That was awesome that you put it in there.
Awesome video especially for showing COH 1 lol :)
Girl: "Bentley 😃" that german Airsoft dude: "Leichter Panzerspähwagen! 👹"
Loved the video Johnny
Hey, it's that cute seeming German armored vehicle in Call of Duty and Company of Heroes! Though, in figurative speech, they sure have their bums on thistles.
So, British Tetrarch next? Tankettes like the Carro Veloce?
I came for the ALLO ALLO clips
Allo Allo is a great show
I saw a /2 recently at a reenactment, You kinda forget how imposing even these relatively small armored vehicles are irl
1:56 ahhhh The Keep, under rated movie.
Tons of talent in it too.
Designed to scout ahead of an army. Probably why they stopped producing them in 1944 then. 😇
"a 3.8 litre with 89 horse"... Dude WHAT? My 1.4L turbo is pushing 180 horse..... LOL
Love this channel and the other one.
Hey friend it was nice to hear from ya earlier in the week. These are far from my favourite historic car. I actually kinda like the SARC 6lber despite it admitedly being one of the ugliest vehicles i've ever seen.
It's interesting to note that i'm now able to appreciate armoured vehicles on levels beyond aesthetic design.
In wartunder i have used this and it's enjoyable to empty the 20 shell clip in a 2 second burst! Kinda silly it's classified as an SPAAG in game, I think it would be better in the light tank family
never fail to impress, Great video!
Incredible History
Some Beautiful Film
Amazing examples
Goodest work
Thank You
As always, love your work!
leitcher recon car uses the same cannon from the flak 38, you can identify the long skinny barrel and the 2cm bullet magazine
Probably one of the best tanks Germany made in WW2
And nowadays we have the "Fennek" - an armored, 4x4 scout car.....
The Fennek is practically the perfect reconnaissance car, but for its lack of ability to withstand mine and IED strikes. Compact, fast, stealthy, just enough armament to get you out of a pickle and buy you time to withdraw, what's not to like?
Gruber's little tank from Allo, Allo.
Love the 222. A model of it sits in front of me right now.
at a glance i thought the title said "Granny's Recon Car"
You know why this is appealing ?
80s aesthetic
Great video once again
Gruber's little tank!
Three of these, no matter the version, were the only armored vehicles of a standard early WW2 german infantry division.
Finally another armored car video!
Leichter Panzerspähwagen
*slaps side of vehicle*
The 222 replica used in 633 Squadron was fairly crude, as you can see. But there was a genuine 222 extant in the UK in the late 60s. It appears in the Chateau Du Charlon scenes in Mosquito Squadron (1968) and also in the TV series Manhunt (1970). Some of the German armoured car replicas used in A Bridge Too Far (1977) were built over Land Rovers (not Range Rovers). The 222 replica made for the film is the same one which appears in Allo Allo as Gruber's Little Tank.
Thanks for the info! I also had to double check the video I actually meant to say, Land Rover. I have no idea why I said range. Must be getting old.
Whenever I see these things I’m reminded of a story one of my primary school teachers in the early 70’s in a rare snippet when he loosened up one time from his days in the NZ division eighth army in North Africa, telling us boys that he climbed up and looked inside a knocked out example one time to find the turret crew still sitting on their seats after an antitank round had penetrated & wizzed around the curved interior taking off their heads at the same time. Never forget that story, or his closing remark “you got used to that sort of thing !”
I've just realized that Johnny Johnson and a Mark Felton crossover documentary would be amazing
The angry Volkswagen.
Still loving the puns at the end of the videos!
I had this classic Tamiya 1:35 model, it was amazing,
I have the Airfix 1:76.
0:11 The pronunciation was really good, especially the pronunciation of the "ä" was absolutely on point.
One small note: You pronounced the "ch" in _leichter_ as if it was a "ck". _Leichter_ is pronounced [ˈlaɪ̯çtɐ] so the "ch" makes a sort of hissing sound towards the front of your palate.
Thank you! I do struggle with German. I do legitimately try my best...
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Well I'd say you are doing a MIGHTY fine Job Johnny, definetly heard FAR worse from my american friends! XD
As a British person this reminds me of the WW2 TV comedy series Allo Allo in which the character Gruber had his 'little tank' 😂
This was my first model kit when I was a kid.
It's Lt. Grueber's little tank!😂 4:10
so something like a M1 Garand could penetrate this thing? like Buster Scruggs said " Well that aint good "
Also know to my distant British cousins as "My Little Tank"
It's Grubers little Tonk!
I’ve seen this thing get compared to a Bentley before. XD
It's true the idea is to use it as a scout or exploitation armored vehicle to get well behind enemy lines to seize important objectives to hamper command and supply.
However in some instances scraped together battle groups like those at ramagen they had to use whatever was at hand until medium and heavy tanks could be transported and deployed.