Czechoslovakia during WW2
Light, heavy, medium tanks, armored vehicles around 800 armored vehicles, 1938, 1945. 6800
Small, but effective, the Czechoslovak army was one of the best in Central Europe in 1938, the country needs to protect its borders against unruly neighbors and has experienced since the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the endless quarrels related its lands, inhabited by large foreign minorities as such, Romania, Hungary and Poland have had their eye on the Czech Republic, a unique democracy surrounded by authoritarian regimes more or less his first threat, however, was Germany Nazi, because of alleged large majorities minorities in fact German -speaking people in the north and west of the country since 1936, various plans to organize insurrections appeared, the result of these resulting in numerous border incidents and Freikorps Konrad Heinlein in the Sudetenland.
The Czech army had on industrial resources located mainly in the northwest and world class industries, including automakers, which have been invaluable to provide a basis for the production of the tank, as Skoda and Praga, Aero, etc. exports counted many excellent automatic rifles and machine guns British Bren was actually based on a regular basis Czech machine gun in terms of armored equipment, the Czech army has retained 7 Renault FTs purchased in 1921-1922 and the Škoda FIAT- Torino 1920 they started creating their first domestic tank 1929, vz 33 snowcat inspired by British design Vickers-Carden-Loyd.
Vollmer KH-50 60 70 5 prototype tanks 1925-30, 3 in 1938 exported no active Adamov Tancik vz 33 IP tankettes 1933-1934 a series of 70 plus four prototypes that given Iran MU-MU-2 to 6 tankettes 5 serviceable prototypes in 1938 Škoda Slp 1937 prototype, unknown fate Škoda SId 1935 prototype, unknown fate Škoda T-32 SId 1936 exported to Yugoslavia Škoda T-3D SIJ 1938 pre-production prototype, production canceled after the breakup of Czechoslovakia CKD AH-IV 1938 157 constructed export only Škoda F-IV-H 1938-1941 3 tank prototype amphibians never active service Škoda SO-T 1938-1939 1 amphibious light tank prototype never Renault 1921 FT active service -1922 7 vehicles, including three guns armed, a control and a 1938 service radio Škoda SU 1934 prototype the fate of unknown S-IIa series CKD P-II Skoda LT vz 34 1932-1936 50 vehicles, production began in 1934, the suspension of b ras twisting, 37 mm 1 46 in the pistol and machine gun Škoda P-IIa 1935 improved version of the P-II never edit access type for the Škoda Service IIb S-1936 prototype, streamlined, lightweight version of the LT vz 35 Never accepted for Škoda P-IIb Service 1936 prototype, modified version of the LT vz 35 never accepted for Škoda SP-IIb 1938 prototype service modified version of the LT vz 35 has never accepted for CKD Service vz 38 1938 product of first for the Czech army, became operational a few days before the German occupation and much better known product that the product Pz 38t 1411 until 1942 under German control CKD TNH 1938 VZ's export model 38 Sold Iran THN, Peru NTP, TNH Switzerland and Lithuania LTL 130 in total.
CKD 298 LT vz 35 S-IIa producing T-11, 1935-1940 began in 1935, is precipitated on and changed during production is also used by the Germans as Pz 35 219 t being modified under their supervision, 1939-1940 10 were sent to the Bulgarian army, and 126 exported to Romania as R-2434 in all SP-III Škoda 1934-1938 2 prototypes, modified version of the LT vz 35 with a short barrel infantry never accepted for Škoda Service IIc S-1 prototype in 1939, the modified version of the LT vz 35 with pneumatic steering and a new speed, license sold in Hungary in 1939 Škoda LKMVP 1 prototype tank hunter commissioned by the Waffen SS in 1940 CKD V-8 or H vz 39 1939 2 prototypes improved version of VZ 35.
12 Škoda FIAT-Torino 1920 Based on an Italian truck, fully shielded by Škoda, with guns 2 turrets machines Škoda 2 PA-I 1923 prototype of a 7-6 ton armored car 2 12 machine guns Skoda PA-II Zvelva 1924-1925 symmetrical pattern, armed with guns 16 4 Maxim Škoda PA-III 1927 sharp hull angle, two vz July 24 and a heavy machine gun ZB vz 26 15 Škoda IV PA-1929 improved model of the former 3 Maxim machine guns, or 2 and a shell 37 mm 1 46 in the gun 51 Koprivnice Tatra T-72 1933-1934 six wheels, three machine guns, two light armored vehicles 78 tons 3 prototypes.
The first model of the Czech army adopted as was the Wehrmacht was Panzerkampfwagen 35 244 t of this model were captured and participated after changes in the Polish countryside, and French in the Balkans and Operation Barbarossa, as a light tank But the model was completely obsolete 1942 Panzer 38t is the first model built in large quantities under German control, giving rise to an incredible base for at least ten models and variants After the tank destroyer Marder III for example, best known of these derivatives was Jagdpanzer 38 t better and incorrectly known as Hetzer, one of the best WW2 tank hunter Panzer 1414 38 t reservoirs of light, the Ausf a to M 1939-1942 1500 hunters Marder III tanks 1942-1943 383 1943-1944 Grid Spgs 2827 Jagdpanzer 38 t tank hunters 1943-1945 150 Munitionspanzer 38 t Sf ausf 1943-1944 KM 141 Fl akpanzer 38 t Ausf L Gepard 1944-1945 52 72 38 Aufklarungspanzer scout tanks T 1943-1944 20 38 t Flammpanzer light tanks flamethrower 1 944 170 38 t Bergepanzer ARV 1944-45.
Škoda assembly line in 1938, the most productive model of the Czech army was LT vz 35 Škoda PA-I 1923 After the Škoda FIAT-Torino 1922, the Army decided he wanted a more modern car armored and faster Škoda came with a revolutionary design at that time, the AP-I, the first of a series of symmetrical dual-drive vehicles he had a particularly aesthetic design, which lasted until that the country was in part annexed by Germany AP-I was entirely purpose-built and was the first ever armored car equipped with a dual drive system, allowing at the same speed and handling reverse His armor was up to 5 0 22 5 mm inch thick He had a single turret armed with a pair of independent water cooled Mg 08 machine guns only two prototypes were built in 1923, which served to tests and as test beds They eta ient July 6 tons heavy 6 6 x 2 26 x 2 74 m in size, and had a crew of five Their fate is unknown Škoda The PA-2 Želva or turtle, was one of the most recognizable armored cars He pushed forwa rd wars the concept of dual control, and married to a beautiful body worthy of a museum of art deco However, these cars were expensive and lacked agility in 1927. the next Škoda OA vz 27 PA -III was an attempt to correct the above problems, and had a lighter hull and a central turret instead of machine guns in sponsons But it was still relatively expensive and also too heavy Anyway, the real changer game came in 1933 with the cheap, light and mass produced Koprivnice Tatra T-72 LT vz 35 was built in quantity before 1938 for the Czech army It was the most common tank in service after the German occupation these light tanks were in corporés as Panzer 35t and have served at least until the beginning of Operation Barbarossa in 1942, however, the Panzer 35t were hopelessly outdated and few Swedish Strv 37 m derived from CKD AH-export model IV Exports has funded research on new Skoda tanks, but not always a good deal, because customers were pretty adamant an e picky about customizing their Iranian model TNHP the ancestor of the Panzer 38 t was a great success export, abruptly stopped in 1938 Panzer 38 t was built around good Czech light tank, well used by the Wehrmacht and declined in several versions he was better armed than the Panzer II and proved more robust and reliable global it spawned, among other things, one of the hunters of the most effective tank of the war, the Jagdpanzer 38 t.
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