Production chronology1941–1944; 1946
Discrete sourced production/model years; omitted years are intentional gaps, not an implied continuous run.
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MANKommandeurswagen
Production1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946
Recorded originGermany
ClassAutomobile
Also known asVW Typ 87
Background
The Volkswagen Typ 87, also known as the Kommandeurswagen, is a World War II, four-wheel-drive version of the Volkswagen Beetle. It was produced from 1941 to 1944 by the Volkswagen plant, primarily for high officers of the Wehrmacht. The Wehrmacht classified the Kommandeurswagen as leichter geländegängiger PKW, 4-sitziger, 4-radgetriebener Geländewagen Typ 87..
Text adapted from “Volkswagen Kommandeurswagen” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
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