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Sd.Kfz. 234 with 7.5 cm KwK 37 (L/24 and sM.79 Sparviero

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The tanks and plane will share a teaser

The combat experience of fast-moving, hard-hitting wheeled reconnaissance vehicles during the Wehrmacht's early invasions of Poland and France impressed German military officials, but indicated some deficiencies in existing designs. A new armoured car project was thus undertaken in August 1940, incorporating several lessons from the Wehrmacht's own external operations.[4] The latest Büssing-NAG Sd.Kfz. 232 variant, the Sd.Kfz. 234 was designed later that year.[5] It was to have a monocoque chassis with eight wheels, and an air-cooled engine for use in North Africa.[5]