After the collapse and occupation of Czechoslovakia, they purchased 90 TNH-S, but the delivery was seized by the Germans, which renamed this series Panzer 38(t) Ausf. They ordered a single TNH-S built with a Scania-Vabis engine for extensive testing. Sweden, a competitor on the tank market, also delivered engines for some these exports. Unfortunately for the latter, deliveries didn’t take place before the invasion by the USSR, and the vehicles were later sold to the Slovakian army as the CKD LT vz.40. These included Iran (TNHP), Peru (LTP), Switzerland (LTH, then renamed Panzer 38, and G3 after the war), and Lithuania (LTL). In an effort to finance future production and part of the development at affordable costs, export versions, under the factory name “TNH“, were designed, revised under contract, and sold in moderate quantities to many countries. Fairly good top speed for a tier 1 tank.ĬKD had already began studies to replace the LT vz.35 by 1935, which led to several prototypes.Approximately 1,400 vehicles in eight modifications were manufactured. The Panzer 38(t) saw service in the Wehrmacht and was used in the Polish and French Campaigns, as well as on the Eastern Front. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the vehicle was re-designated and its production continued, as at the time, it was superior to the Panzer I and IIs currently in service. 38 was developed by the ČKD company for the Czechoslovakian Army in 1938. 38(t) or just Panzer 38(t), is the German designation of the LT vz. The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), abbreviated Pz.KpfW.

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