>>17649033oh that actually makes sense now, i also thought that it's some command vehicle or like a decoy vehicle for some elaborated tactics and i even had this image saved way before i stumbled upon pictures of this tank and i never even noticed that it has a fake barrel
and it's quite interesting that it was actually built in quite a big number, one would assume that it's easier to use already existing and produced recon vehicles for this role and not refitting a whole tank