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This article deals with the history of tanks employed by military forces in Czechoslovakia from the interwar period, and the more conventional tanks designed for the Czechoslovak Army before World War II, and the tanks that ended up as Panzers of the German Wehrmacht during World War II, or in the use of other countries who purchased them before the war began.
This is a list of military equipment of the Czech Republic currently in service and in storage. This includes weapons and equipment of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic , with the Army of the Czech Republic and its service branches, namely the Czech Land Forces and Czech Air Force , at their core.
LT vz 38 Czechoslovak light tank. German designation Panzer38(t),. Most famous Czechoslovak interwar weapon after being popularised by use by Nazi Germany in early World War II (Polish campaign to start of operation Barbarossa). This tank also saw use in other countries as well as the previous LT vz 35 light tank. Kolohousenka [79] [80] LT vz ...
The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), originally known as the ČKD LT vz. 38, was a tank designed during the 1930s, which saw extensive service during World War II. [3] Developed in Czechoslovakia by Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk (ČKD), the type was adopted by Nazi Germany following the annexation of Czechoslovakia. [3]
R-2 tanks in February 1939, before being delivered to Romania by Škoda Works. Romania ordered 126 of the tanks on 14 August 1936 as the R-2 and received the first 15, which had been diverted from the Czech order, in April–May 1937 to display in a parade. They suffered from numerous teething problems and the Romanians put a hold on production ...
Below follow the organizations of the regiments in the Tank and Motor Rifle divisions: By the end of the Cold War the standard main battle tank in the Czechoslovak tank regiments was the T-72M or T-72M1 of which Czechoslovakia had built 973. Some of the tank units in motor rifle divisions still fielded the locally produced T-54A. Tank Regiment:
In the fall of 1937 a competition was launched for a new medium tank to equip the Czechoslovak Army; Škoda, ČKD and Tatra competed. The most promising design was the ČKD prototype, designated the V-8-H (later ST vz. 39).
The LT vz. 34, formally designated as Lehký tank vzor 34 ("Light Tank Mark 34") was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Slovakia during World War II. Its suspension was based on that of the Carden-Loyd tankette , of which the Czechs had purchased three, plus a manufacturing license, in 1930.