Officer corps of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 (part of 2. Panzer-Division) in 1938 under Major Horst Kitschmann - promoted to Oberstleutnant in September 1939 - which standing in the center. This unit would later be redesignated as Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 on 1 March 1940. The latter Ritterkreuzträger Leutnant Wilhelm Walther (Zugführer in Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5) is at far right.
Source :
"Brandenburger: Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther" by Anthony Rogers
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