>>1975027>I guess I should rephrase the question, why did the school give her her own private vehicle when all she did was sleep in it?It was probably used for more than that. As commander, Katyusha needed a faster, more practical vehicle than a tank to review the battlefield, visit her troops, deal with logistics and so on.
We see the various schools fielding non-combat vehicles like this throughout the series, e.g. Anzu's Daimler Armored Car, Darjeeling's Land Rover and Armoured Carrier Wheeled Indian Pattern, Katyusha's BM-13, and so on.