"Leningrad Front,
Intelligence Department
October 21st, 1944
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To the Chief of Intelligence of the 8th Army
I report on the presence in the German army of a new armoured reconnaissance car armed with a 75 mm gun called "Luchs".
Preliminary tactical-technical characteristics have been established.
- Type: heavy, 3-axle
- Mass: up to 9 tons
- Dimensions:
- Length: 6 meters
- Width: 2.3 meters
- Height: 3 meters
- Clearance: 0.35 meters
- Armour thickness:
- Front and turret: 30 mm
- Sides: 20 mm
- Floor and roof: 10-12 mm
- Armament: one 75 mm anti-tank gun model "40" and 1 machinegun
- Ammunition carried: up to 50 rounds for the gun, 1500 rounds for the machinegun
- Crew: 4
- Top speed: up to 40 kph
- Cruising range: up to 350 km on roads, up to 170 km off-road
- Engine power: up to 160 hp
Chief of Intelligence of the Leningrad Front, Lieutenant General Yevstigneev"
Sounds like the SdKfz-234/4 Pakwagon.
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