Panzer 38 wreck captured at Manheim hospital April 1945 Germany
Panzer 38(t) 15
Panzer 38(t) 114
Captured Panzer 38(t) code 1152 Moscow 1942
Panzer 38(t) Ausf D
A column of Panzer 38(t) tanks
Panzer 38(t) 543
Panzer 38(t) III03 of the 7 Panzer Division, 1941
Bergepanzer 38(t) and Panzer IV at Feldwerkstatt, Eastern Front
Panzer 38(t) France 1940
Panzer 38(t) with one-axle trailer from 7th Panzer Division 1941
Panzer 38(t) from 7 Panzer Division front view
Panzers 38(t) from 7 Panzer Division
Panzer 38(t) and Panzer II 243
Panzer 38t 24
Panzer 38t code 442 from 7 Panzer Division
Panzer 38(t) with one-axle 200l trailer from 12. Panzer Division 1941
Panzer 38(t) 243 19th Panzer Division Winter 1941
Panzer 38(t) Ausf B 7th Panzer Division France 1940
Panzer 38(t) code 211
Panzer 38 (t) Ausf S from 20th Panzer Division and Infanterie Eastern Front 2
Destroyed early Panzer 38(t)
PzBfWg 38(t) Ausf E-F code B03
PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf F at BMM factory
Panzer 38(t) Eastern Front
Czechoslovak-designed light tank Panzer 38(t) code 832
Panzer 38(t) Slovakia
PzBfWg 38(t) code B03 2
Panzer 38(t) of the 20th Panzer Division and Infanterie Eastern Front
Panzer 38(t) Ausf. G
Destroyed Panzer 38(t) tank code 515, Philippeville Belgium June 1940
Aufklarungspanzer 38(t) SdKfz 140/1
Panzer 38(t) tactical number 621
Panzer 38(t) tactical number 545 Eastern Front
Panzer 38(t) tanks 213 123
Panzer 38(t) chassis with Stadtgas
Pz.Kpfw 38 (t) Ausf. F als Zugfr.Wg.
Panzerbefehlswagen 38(t) B03 1941
German tank Panzer 38(t)
Panzer 38(t) Ausf. E-F rear view
Light tank Panzer 38(t) 6
Panzer 38 (t) tank of the 12 Panzer Division
PzKpfw 38(t) side view
Panzer 38(t) tanks
PzBfWg 38 (t) tank of 12th Panzer Division Eastern Front
Hungarian Panzer 38t number 523. On the left crew member Brenyó Jenő Joachim, Zenta 1941.
Panzer 38(t) of the 8th Panzer Division Lithuania June 1941
Panzer 38t tanks coded B06 B01
pzkpfw 38 t winter
Panzer 38t world war ii tank
Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) tank crew
Knocked-out german Panzer 38t number 524, France 1940
Panzer 38 (t)
german Panzer 38t tank
Panzer 38t rear view
Panzer 38(t) light tank – 1941 near Stalingrad
Panzer 38t tank 6
Panzer 38t code II3
Panzer 38(t) with trailer – Eastern Front Dunaburg Pleskau 1941
knocked out Panzer 38t tank
Panzer 38(t) and crew
Panzer 38t tank commander
Details of the turret of Panzer 38(t) number 225 Eastern Front
Panzer 38(t) tanks
Panzer 38(t) tank #6
Pz Kpfw.38(t) Russia
Panzer 38(t) Hungary
Command tank Panzer 38(t)
Panzer 38(t) number 521
Panzer 38(t) turret number 521 with stowage rack at rear of the turret
Panzer 38(t) number 535
Panzer 38(t) light tank
Panzer 38(t) german light tank
Panzer 38(t) tank 4
Panzer 38(t) number 122 with stowage rack at rear of the turret
PzKpfw 38(t) number 631
Panzerbefehlswagen 38(t) and wehrmacht soldiers
Panzerbefehlswagen 38(t) Ausf F number 821
Panzer 38(t) tank 9
Panzer 38(t) tank
Panzer 38(t) winter camo
Panzer 38(t) tanks in Poland 1939
Panzer 38(t) tanks of the Panzer Regiment 25, 7th Panzer Division, Vilnius Eastern Front June 1941
German Panzer 38(t)
Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf E tank
Panzer 38(t) France
Panzer 38t tank 10
Panzer 38t Russia
Pz.Kpfw 38t Ausf C of the Panzer Regiment 25, 7th Panzer Division, France June 1940
Panzer 38t number 30
Panzer 38t number 132
Panzerbefehlswagen 38t tank – command vehicle
Command Panzer 38(t) code B04
camouflaged Panzer 38(t) tank
Panzer 35t rear – Poland September 1939
Panzer 38t tank 1
PzKpfw 38 t
Panzer 38t number 611
PzKpfw 38t tank from 7th Panzer Division
Panzer 38t tank 515 and crew
LT 38 tank
Panzer 38t number 112
Panzer 38t code R01
Panzer 38t tank 5
Panzer 38t tank 13
Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (LT vz. 38, Sd. Kfz. 140.) was originally a Czech tank of pre-World War II design.
Main gun: 3.7 cm KwK 38(t) L/47.8.
Production: 1414 tanks (German variants)
Specifications:
version | Panzer 38(t) Ausf A | Panzer 38(t) Ausf G | Aufklärungspanzer 38(t), SdKfz 140/1 |
crew | 3-4 | 4 | 4 |
armor | hull: front: 25 mm, sides and rear: 15 mm, top: 10 mm, bottom: 8 mm turret: front: 25 mm, sides: 15 mm, rear: 15 mm, top: 8 mm | hull: front: 50 mm, sides and rear: 30 mm, top: 15 mm, bottom: 8 mm turret: front: 50 mm, sides: 30 mm, rear: 30 mm, top: 15 mm | hull: front: 50 mm, sides and rear: 30 mm, top: 15 mm, bottom: 8 mm turret: front: 20 mm |
main armament | 37 mm Skoda A-7 (KwK A-7), 72 rounds | 37 mm Skoda A-7 (KwK A-7), 72 rounds | 20 mm KwK 38, 300 rounds |
secondary armament | 2 x 7,92 mm ZB vz. 37 (MG 37 (t)), 2400 rounds | 2 x 7,92 mm ZB vz. 37 (MG 37 (t)), 2400 rounds | MG34 or 42 (1500 rounds) |
weight (kg) | 9725 | 10354 | 9500 |
length (mm) | 4560 | 4560 | 4650 |
width (mm) | 2150 | 2150 | 2225 |
height (mm) | 2260 | 2260 | 2120 |
track spacing (mm) | 1780 | 1780 | 1915 |
ground pressure (kg/cm2) | 0,57 | 0,59 | 0,51 |
engine | Praga TNHPS, 123 hp at 2200 rpm, 6-cylinder gasoline, liquid-cooled, 7754 cm3 | Praga TNHPS, 127 hp at 2500 rpm, 6-cylinder gasoline, liquid-cooled, 7754 cm3 | Praga AE, 160 hp at 2800 rpm |
transmission | 5 forward, 1 reverse | 5 forward, 1 reverse | |
fuel capacity (l) | 220 | 220 | |
fuel consumption (l) (road / off road) | |||
range (road km/ off-road km) | 220 | 220 | 250 |
max speed (road/ off-road km/h) | 42 | 42 | 58 |
tracks | |||
ground contact length (mm) | 2920 | 2920 | |
number of links per trac | 94 | 94 | |
ground clearance (mm) | 400 | 400 | 400 |
trench crossing (mm) | 1900 | 1900 | 2100 |
vertical obstacle (mm) | 800 | 800 | 800 |
fording ability (mm) | 900 | 900 | 900 |
production | 150 | 321 | 70 |
manufacturer | BMM | BMM | BMM |
chassis numbers | 0001 – 0150 | 1101 – 1600 |
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