Two nicely painted Kfz 13 ‘armoured cars arrived last week and are fresh out of the box. The vehicles are from Warlord Games and were painted by the very talented team from Skeleton Paints in the UK. They have done fantastic work on both vehicles, so I am very happy.
The Kfz. 13 was the first armoured reconnaissance vehicle introduced by the Reichswehr after the First World War and, by 1935, 147 units of this lightly armoured vehicle had been delivered to the fleet. The Kfz. 13 was based on a civilian car, the Adler Standard 6. Although the Kfz. 13 was equipped with all-wheel drive, the vehicle had poor cross-country capability.
The Kfz. 13 was deployed in the Invasion of Poland and the Battle of France. It was retired from active service in 1941 and only used thereafter for training purposes. So will fit in very nicely with my Chain of Command Early War German platoon and when they only cost two support points, what could go possibly wrong………..
