Specification Crew : 4 Engine : Praga EPA/2 Combat weight : 9.75 tons Max speed : road . 42 km/h Range : 210 km Length : 4.51 m Width : 2.14 m Height : 2.17 m Main gun : One 20mm KwK38 L/55 : One 7.92mm MG42 Armour : 8mm to 50mm : Open Top

Since production of the fully-tracked reconnaissance vehicle Luchs (Lynx) was scheduled to end in January 1944 after only 100 had been built , plans were made to provide an alternative by using the chassis of Pz Kpfw 38(t) returned for repair.From December 1943 BMM were to convert 118 tanks by April 1944.After delays however only 70 chassis were prepared in February and March1944.Olny 15 of the units without the 20mm Hängelafette (20mm Swivel Mounting) were delivered , and 13 of those were held back by In6 until at least November 1944.BMM proposed two designs for the 75mm KwK version.Later an Aufklärer auf Fgst Jagdpanzer 38(t) mit 75mm K51 L/24 was tested , because it was intended to have a reconnaissance vehicle using the 38(t) chassis built along side the Jagdpanzer 38(t) and Jagdpanzer 28(d) from mid 1945. A new superstructure was fitted to the old Pz Kpfw 38(t) chassis and on that was mounted the 20mm Hängelafette 38 turret , as used for the Sd Kfz 250/9 , 251/23 and 234/1.The 75mm mounting was achieved by extending the sides of the new superstructure upwards.Issued to armored reconnaissance companies from April 1944 it saw service on both Eastern and Western fronts.