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I think the droop at the front was for brush rather than a signals function 'thing' but I could be wrong on that. In the case of the halftracks, the array could be lowered but it wasn't like a pop pop I'm it's up or down. I think it was a little more involved of an issue than that.
And there was another halftrack with similar antenna but bigger. It was the SdKfz-251/3. The French Panhard armored car was also equipped in some cases with a frame antenna. There was also a 6 wheel version of the SdKfz232. It was very similar to the 8 wheel version.
That is a SdKfz-263 which came equipped with a MG34 machine gun in the front of the fixed turret. There was a similar armored car with a rotating turret equipped with a 20mm KwK30 or 38 and one coax MG34 known as the SdKfz232 (8rad). One without the large antenna with the rotating turret was a...
Yep, it was Brit. AEC if I remember correctly.
He also used an SdKfz-250/3 as his mobile command platform. The AEC I would consider akin to his forward CP.
The ultimate small command vehicle has to go to Kurt "Panzer" Meyer for his mobile command platform being a motorcycle.