[1] In 1933 the Dutch Ministry of Colonies placed an order at Wilton-Fijenoord for the construction of three Panterwagens for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.
[4][5] In May 1934 the first Pantserwagen arrived in Tandjong Priok in the Dutch East Indies and was ready to undergo trials.
[9] A special commission, named Commissie-Vennik, composed of vehicle experts was also created to take a look at the Wilton-Fijenoord Pantserwagen and report their conclusions.
[10][11] They concluded that the design was undersized as the engines were too weak when using regular indies gasoline and the chassis was too light for the heavy armor.
[11] The Wilton-Fijenoord Pantserwagen was built on a six-wheeled type L2H43 Krupp-chassis and could be steered and driven from either the back or front of the car.
[26] In March 1936 the remaining Pantserwagen in the Netherlands took part in a 24 hours practice drive that was organized by the Vrijewillige Burgerwacht te Amsterdam.