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O    ODERVELD LEUCHTFUER

DEFENCE CHANGES ORDERS FOR RECON COMPANIES

Defence Ministry, August 15, 5640: After the decision to mainly use the tracked Laufender Bar armored vehicle for the reconnaissance companies of panzer divisions with some untracked Barenjunges available for occasional mobility, discussions were begun in panzer divisions which were forwarded to Oberkommando Heer (OKH).
 
OKH has now recommended to Oberkommando Bundeswehr (OKB) that all reconnaissance companies whether in infantry or panzer divisions use primarily Barenjunges untracked armored vehicles but have a few Laufender Bar available for occasional heavy duty.
 
ODERVELD LEUCHTFEUER understands that Defense Minister Otto “Putzi” Haefstangl has endorsed a new directive to OKB’s Ableitung II to replace existing transport in all reconnaissance companies in accordance with the OKH suggestion.
 
As to the panzer grenadier battalions of the panzer divisions, the Laufenbar Bar vehicles and Barenjunges vehicles will be about evenly split as the replacements for existing armored personnel carriers in panzer divisions.




 
Barenjunges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPz_Fuchs
 
Laufender Bar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma_(IFV)