German armored personnel carriers parked in the North African desert in
June 1942, near Tobruk. The first halftrack on the right is a
communication vehicle (leichter Funkpanzerwagen) Sd.Kfz. 250/3 "Greif" (WH number 937035), which served as a light command headquarters of
Generaloberst Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika").
"Greif" is equipped with two radio stations: he large antenna belongs to
a FuG 7 radio station with a range of up to 50 km. The smaller antenna
is FuG 5 radio stations with a range of up to 5 km, which serves for
communication between the machines within the unit. To the left of
Rommel's command vehicle is an armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251
Ausf.B. On the sides of the vehicle there is a design resembling a
makeshift loop-type antenna and a large antenna, which suggests that
this is also a communications vehicle (mittlerer Funkpanzerwagen) Sd.
Kfz. 251/3 Ausf.B (possibly a field conversion of the usual Sd. Kfz.
251/1 into Sd. Kfz. 251/3). The last armored personnel carrier on the
left is Sd. Kfz. 251/1 Ausf.S. The officer holding the map who chats
with Rommel is Oberst Eduard Crasemann (Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment
33 [motorisiert]). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Albrecht
Heinrich Otto of PK (Propaganda-Kompanie) "Afrika".Source :
https://en.topwar.ru/135723-rommel-v-afrike.html
https://waralbum.ru/217895/
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