H-39

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Abandoned H-39 4

Abandoned H-39 40439

Abandoned H38

Abandoned H39 40587

BMW R5 Kradmelder and H39

Burned out H 39

Captured H-39 Ostheim 24 January 1945

Char Hotchkiss H 39

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 - Hotchkiss H39 tank side view

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 40610

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 avec le canon SA38 41068

Char léger modèle 35H modifié 39

Destoyed H-39 40965 tank with bullet holes

Destroyed H-38

Destroyed H-39

Destroyed H39 40777

Destroyed Hotchkiss H39 tanks, rear view

French cavalry tank H-38 40540

French cavalry tank H-38 40725

German H 39 3

German H-39 from Panzer-Abteilung 211

German H38

German H38 Balkans 1941

German H39 Balkans 1941/42

German H39 code 323

German H39 tanks

German H39 tanks 2

German Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 (f) with tail

H-39 20

H-39 21

H-39 3

H-39 40599

H-39 40656 code 13

H-39 40829

H-39 40946

H-39 40960

H-39 41004

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 avec le canon SA38 41084

H-39 41084

H-39 code 222 in Yugoslavia 1941/42

H-39 code C

H-39 code D

H-39 rear view

H-39 turret

H38 4

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 40446

H38 40446

H38 40467

H38 40725

H38 rear view

H39 1940

H39 40455

H39 40559

Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 avec le canon SA38 40579

H39 40579

H39 code A

H39 code A 4071?

H39 tanks in Avesnes-sur-Helpe 1940

H39 tanks passing thru bombed town

H39 with the trench crossing tail

Hotchkiss H-39 3

Hotchkiss H-39 40446 in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 1940

Hotchkiss H-39 code 60 40997

Hotchkiss H-39 code 68 40937

Hotchkiss H39 40747

Hotchkiss H39 and other french tanks

Hotchkiss H39 tank

Hotchkiss H39 tank 40763

Hotchkiss H39 tank 5

Hotchkiss H39 tank 51

Hotchkiss H39 tank 6

Hotchkiss H39 tank 8

Hotchkiss H39 tank abandoned at the side of the road somewhere in France after the german attack in May 1940

Hotchkiss H39 tank number 51

Hotchkiss H39 tank number 82

Hotchkiss H39 tanks

Knocked out H39 40845 named Le Hardi

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 1

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 2

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 3

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 4

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 5

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 7

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735 f 8

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 115

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 133

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 232 in Yugoslavia 1943

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) 325 Yugoslavia 1941

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 325 Yugoslavia 1941

Panzerkampfwagen 38H 735(f) code 334 Yugoslavia 1941

R40 and H-39 tanks

S-35 code 64 and H39 white 19

Whitewashed German H-39 code 92

Hotchkiss H39 or Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39 was a French light tank developed prior to World War II. Armour: 40mm, main armament: 37 mm SA38 gun. An extension of H-35 tank was Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 1939 (model 1935 H modification 1939), unofficially designated H-39, equipped with a more powerful engine with an output of 120 hp, which allowed for the development of higher speed. It is distinguished visually elevated engine compartment in the rear part of the fuselage. Factory designation was Hotchkiss modèle 38 série D, so common is also the unofficial designation H-38 to distinguish them from the model with improved weapons. The tank was adopted on equipment at the end of 1938, and deliveries began in March 1939.

In 1940 we started to deliver improved model H-39, which amended the main armament with the 37 mm gun Puteaux SA38 L/33 with long barrel, in a modified turret APX-R1. This model does not have a separate official designation. The improved towers with cannon SA38 rearmed also a few older tanks H-35.

The German army after the defeat of France captured approx. 600 tanks Hotchkiss H-35 H-38 H-39 and after refurbishment and modernization have been accepted for weapons as Panzer. 35H 734 (f) and Panzer. 39H 735 (f). Part of the vehicles have been converted into self-propelled howitzers (105 mm) and 75 mm anti-tank guns, 11 vehicles armed with rocket launchers 280 or 320 mm. These tanks fought on the eastern front and in Normandy in 1944. A number was assigned to 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen, fighting with the Tito partisans in Yugoslavia. After the Allied landing in Normandy, 30 gained back PzKpfw 38H has been incorporated into the French army and were used even in 1945.