Maybe update to include captured; french Panhard's, repurposed italian Autoblinda, and a mention of the Austrian Steyr, (amomgst others). Good to see you notes on the importance of communication vehicles and the unit sizes all vehicles were deployed in.
I think is very weird the german early war need to put mechanized recon equipment in infantry divisions, and the non radio armored cars is really a lack of logic in my mind since they clearly had the tech to do it and in my opinion the cost is not that huge of a problem when compared to a full armored vehicle... BTW for some reason the SdKfz 247 looks real "modern" for some reason IMO, maybe the combination of wheel and armor :P
Armoured Cars in infantry divisions, you raise a good point. I suspect it was part of the Bewegungskrieg Philosophy of the German army, it was useful in Russia in 1941 but after that less so. As for the reconnaissance radio armoured cars, it would be to do with range. The Sdkfz 223 had the 30-watt FuG 10 medium-range radio set and later the 80-watt radio which are rather large. The standard early war radio sets had a lower range, for example the Fu 2 or Fu 5. It should also be noted some of the non-reconnaissance radio cars were specifically designed to communicate with Luftwaffe radios and some with artillery radios. These would need significant reliable ranges, 10-20km for artillery and much greater for air support, perhaps 50km+. I am not sure what type of radio they used, but it would have been very large.
Maybe update to include captured; french Panhard's, repurposed italian Autoblinda, and a mention of the Austrian Steyr, (amomgst others). Good to see you notes on the importance of communication vehicles and the unit sizes all vehicles were deployed in.
Excellent video! A couple of these I never knew existed.
Really interesting video. Hope to see more of these, for other armor and nations.
A very interesting video, I very much enjoyed watching, thank you, 👍👊✌️🌍.
I think is very weird the german early war need to put mechanized recon equipment in infantry divisions, and the non radio armored cars is really a lack of logic in my mind since they clearly had the tech to do it and in my opinion the cost is not that huge of a problem when compared to a full armored vehicle... BTW for some reason the SdKfz 247 looks real "modern" for some reason IMO, maybe the combination of wheel and armor :P
Armoured Cars in infantry divisions, you raise a good point. I suspect it was part of the Bewegungskrieg Philosophy of the German army, it was useful in Russia in 1941 but after that less so. As for the reconnaissance radio armoured cars, it would be to do with range. The Sdkfz 223 had the 30-watt FuG 10 medium-range radio set and later the 80-watt radio which are rather large. The standard early war radio sets had a lower range, for example the Fu 2 or Fu 5.
It should also be noted some of the non-reconnaissance radio cars were specifically designed to communicate with Luftwaffe radios and some with artillery radios. These would need significant reliable ranges, 10-20km for artillery and much greater for air support, perhaps 50km+. I am not sure what type of radio they used, but it would have been very large.