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The Armoured Car played a vital role for the wehrmacht during WWII (AFV) armoured fighting vehicle having road wheels rather than tracks some wehrmacht armoured cars had upto eight wheels, another important aspect was there cost they were typically less expensive compared to other tracked military vehicles. There main role was reconnaissance, communications, control and command, or for use against lightly armed targets. They normally mounted a machine gun or auto cannon some even had small tank gun mounted.

Gallery:

Sd.Kfz. 232 (8-Rad) (Fu) Schwerer Panzerspähwagen picture 2
Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-Rad) Schwere Panzerspähwagen picture 3
Sd.Kfz. 231 (6-Rad) Schwere Panzerspähwagen picture 4
Sd.Kfz. 223 (Fu) Leichte Panzerspähwagen picture 5
Sd.Kfz. 222 (2 cm) Leichte Panzerspähwagen picture 6
Sd.Kfz. 221 (MG) Leichte Panzerspähwagen picture 7

Sources:

German Military Vehicles.
ISBN-10: 087349783X

Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Germany World War II.
ISBN-10: 0214203077

Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World Two.
ISBN-10: 1854095188

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