Plate01:A Sd.Kfz.250/12 leichter Messtruppanzerwagen with an extra stowage box (the oblong box on the rear) for range finders and other important ‘specialist’ equipment. The role of the vehicle is for extended range artillery spotting, ranging and surveying. They were also used to position their own artillery for maximum effort. Anybody who has seen episode number 3 “Carentan” of the Band of Brothers series can tell you just how well German artillery was ranged.
This picture was taken by Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel