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Fu Rommel il primo generale che utilizzò la Volkswagen 82 durante la campagna di Francia; ne rimase talmente ben impressionato che in seguito, divenuto comandante dell’Afrika Korps, fece pressanti richieste per delle dotazioni sempre maggiori di questi veicoli. La Kübelwagen si distinse subito per le notevoli prestazioni su ogni percorso, nonostante l’esigua potenza (appena 23.5/25 CV) e la trazione sulle sole ruote posteriori.

Rommel was in the first general to use the Volkswagen during the military operation in France. He was so impressed by it that he, afterwards, when he was in charge of the Afrika Korps, reordered an ever increasing number of the vehicles. The Kübelwagen distinguished itself immediatley by its enormous efficiency on all kinds of terrain, in spite of its small horse power (hardly 24 HP) and the driver on the rearwheels only.