flames of war neubaufahrzeug panzer platoon gbx208The Panzerkampfwagen (tank or armoured fighting vehicle) Neubaufahrzeug (new construction vehicle), began development in 1932 as series of tank prototypes in a first German attempt to create a medium to heavy tank. Like much of German tank development in the 1930s, Neubaufahrzeug was a deliberately vague name to disguise Germany's rearmament, which was restricted by the post Great War Treaty of Versailles. German Army High Command granted a contract