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This was a medium 4x2 armoured car based on the chassis of the widely-used Adler Standard 6 Küblesitzer passenger car-although it is said that some of these vehicles were built around the Adler Standard 3U chassis. It was built to a military requirement issued by the Reichsministerium/Heereswaffenamt during 1932, when the German Army required a light armoured wheeled vehicle of a type not yet in existence. Being inexpensive and easy to produce, it appeared in relatively large numbers after 1934 and was issued to cavalry regiments until the appearance of newer versions in 1937. It is believed that even as early as 1932 the car was never intended to represent the ideal reconnaissance car but was purely an expedient until funds became available for the production of a more efficient and more versatile vehicle.