Description
Panzer 38(t) (GE022)
Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf B, or C
Contains: 1x Panzer 38(t) or T-38 Tank
The 38(t) was developed as by Czech company CKD as the TNH light tank in 1935 as an export tank, the Czech army had already purchased the Skoda LT vz.35 (later know under the German designation Panzer 35(t)).
Iran took delivery of the first fifty TNH tanks in 1937 and further models were exported to Peru, Switzerland and Latvia. The early model TNH tanks were fitted with smaller turrets than the model later to become famous as the Panzer 38(t).
In 1937 the Czech army decided it would not order further LT vz.35 from Skoda and opened testing for new prototypes.
The TNH breezed through the trial with hardly a problem, was chosen and 150 were ordered. The Swedes also ordered 90 of the TNH SV in 1939 but these were seized by the Germans for their own use.
Both the Swedish (TNH SV) and Czech (TNH PS) tanks were the put into use with the German army. CKD continued to manufacture the TNH or the Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) as the Germans called it. (t) was the German designation for Czech.
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