The Sd.Kfz. 140/1 was built as a sophisticated recognition automobile the German army, utilising the framework regarding the Czech-designed 38T tank that was utilized by the German troops as a result of its annexation of Czechoslovakia. Because of the excellent characteristics regarding the 38T, its framework had been widely used for anti-tank and artillery cars, and for this recognition car designed with a turret with a 20 mm weapon. It absolutely was very first used in 1944.