surviving czechoslowakian armoured vehicles

Surviving Czechoslowakian Tanks and Armoured Vehicles Last update : 27 September 2012

Listed here are the Czechoslowakian Tanks and Armoured Vehicles that still exist today.

Massimo Foti, August 2012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/sets/72157631223226990/

MU-4 tankette – Army Technical Museum, Lesany (Czech Republic) – running condition

Rafał Białęcki, September 2008

LT vz. 35 – Kalemegdan Military Museum, Belgrade (Serbia)

Doug Kibbey, January 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5132&start=45

R2 (Romanian designation of LT-35) – Muzeul Militar National, Bucharest (Romania)

“=VNVV=Rosev”, November 2011 - http://www.scalemodels-bg.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=136&start=1200

LT vz. 35 – National Museum of Military History, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Massimo Foti, August 2012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/7932368590/in/set-72157631223226990/

LT vz. 35 – Army Technical Museum, Lesany (Czech Republic)

This tank was previsously displayed at the Aberdeen Ord. Museum (USA), until mid-2008. It was restored at Lesany in 2010. Some new information was revealed thanks to “palic” : the Serial Number is 10112, the tank was produced by CKD Prague. The original

Czechoslovak military registration number was 13.962. The tank was delivered to the CZ Army in 1937, and after the German occupation this vehicle (minus its turret) continued its operational service in the WH as a Mörsezugmittel 35(t). After some unknown damages, this vehicle was sent to Skoda Pilsen to be repaired and remained there until the liberation of Czechoslovakia (it was not

recovered from the Hillersleben Proving Ground, contrary to what the Aberdeen museum said). This vehicle was then equipped with a turret and repaired on request of the US HQ, and then shipped to the USA for tests of the pneumatic and steering system

Doug Kibbey, January 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5132&start=45

TACAM R2 – Muzeul Militar National, Bucharest (Romania)

Romanian tank destroyer based on a LT vz.35 chassis

Ing. Petr Oravec - http://www.dolin.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/detail-set/tankovy-vuz-snp/6089

LT vz. 35 on an armoured train – Zvolen (Slovakia)

This vehicle (incl. hull/chassis) is integrated in an armored train. This armored train served in Slovakia during the National Uprising in 1944 (David Šolc)

Anatoly Terentiev, October 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA.jpg

http://picasaweb.google.com/henrydaya/SadAbadMuseum2/photo#5174661030152045874

Two TNH tanks – Saad abad King House museum, Tehran (Iran)

TNH : Initial export version to Iran of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)) (Wikipedia). On these two tanks, the original main guns were removed and the gun openings are covered with a steel plate. Fake guns are mounted on the former coaxial

machinegun mounts (AFV News forum)

“Adamicz”, September 2012 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=15179&start=15

LTP tank – Žizkov Army Museum, Prague (Czech Republic)

LTP : export version to Peru of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)) (Wikipedia)

Hélio Higuchi, 2008 - http://www.alide.com.br/joomla/index.php/component/content/article/34-ed33/45-museusperu

First LTP tank – Real Felipe Museum, Lima (Peru)


Hélio Higuchi, 2008 - http://www.alide.com.br/joomla/index.php/component/content/article/34-ed33/45-museusperu

Second LTP tank – Real Felipe Museum, Lima (Peru)


" javi270270", February 2007 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/javi270270/401400754/in/set-72157602213264250/

Third LTP tank – Real Felipe Museum, Lima (Peru)

LTP : export version to Peru of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t))

"BatallonZepita.com" - http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=7147&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15

LTP tank – 18. Defence Brigade (18a Brigada Blindada), Lima (Peru)


“Charlie“, September 2009 - http://www.defensa.pe/showthread.php?t=3775&page=3

LTP tank “Zarumilla” – Somewhere in Lima (Peru) – running condition


http://revistamollendo.com/nuevo/tanque/tanque.htm

First LTP tank – Mollendo (Peru)


Tomáš Jakl, January 2006 - http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=7147&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Second LTP tank – Mollendo (Peru)


Picture provided by “Andrey”

LTP tank – Tacna (Peru)


Carlos Mendoza

LTP tank – Fuerte General Belisario Suarez, Ancon (Peru)


Pierre-Olivier Buan, February 2007 - http://news.webshots.com/album/557416413xGpCqt?start=12

LTH tank – Auto + Technik Museum, Sinsheim (Germany)

LTH : export version to Switzerland of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)) (Wikipedia)

Massimo Foti, March 2010 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=12552

LTH tank (M-7562) – Panzermuseum, Thun (Switzerland)

LTH : export version to Switzerland of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t))


LTH tank (M-7573) – Sammlung Historische Panzer, Thun (Switzerland) – running c.

LTH : export version to Switzerland of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)). This tank runs with a diesel engine (Massimo Foti)

Massimo Foti, June 2011 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/5900139358/in/photostream

LTH tank (M-7543) – Schweizerisches Militärmuseum, Full (Switzerland) – running c.

LTH : export version to Switzerland of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)) The tank doesn’t have its original engine (Massimo Foti)

Massimo Foti, September 2009

LTH tank (M-7522) – Museum in Zeughaus, Schaffhausen (Switzerland) – running c.

LTH : export version to Switzerland of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)). This tank runs with a gazoline engine (Massimo Foti)


LTH tank (M-78587) – Army Base, Thun (Switzerland)

LTH : export version to Switzerland of the LT vz. 38 (Lahky Tank LT 38/Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t)). This tank has been in shadow for years, few people knew its existence. Used as monument inside the base, not that far away from the Panzermuseum (Massimo Foti).

The current RN (M-78587) is obviously wrong, the original number could be M-75187 (“JiriTintera”)

Martin Haudenschild, June 2004

LTH tank (M-7561) – Swiss Army fire range, Vugelles (Switzerland)

Serial Number 17 (Martin Haudenschild), the tank has a fake gun (Massimo Foti)

Christoph Zimmerli, 2010 - http://www.zimmerliweb.ch/images/events/bure_10/

First LTH tank – Swiss Army training ground, Bure (Switzerland)

Christoph Zimmerli, 2010 - http://www.zimmerliweb.ch/images/events/bure_10/

Second LTH tank – Swiss Army training ground, Bure (Switzerland)

Lubos Dobda, 2004 - http://tanxheaven.com/ludob/lt38(Pzkpfw38t)/lt38(Pzkpfw38t).htm

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. A – Army Technical Museum, Lesany (Czech Republic) – running c.

After the war, this tank served in Czechoslovak army under designation LT-38/37. According to some information, the chassis number is 008 (Alex Pankov)

Walter Schwabe, May 2012

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. E – Private Collection (Germany) – running condition

The tank was manufactured in 1941, the chassis number is 0487 (Walter Schwabe)

Dennis Trowbridge, July 2008 - http://jtrowbridge5.smugmug.com/gallery/5458466_aJyxg#333726165_9ZMrg

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. F – Steve Lamonby Collection (UK) – running condition

According to the owner, the tank was sourced in Eastern Europe in big lumps. The final colour was dark sand but under this were the clear remains of the call signs and markings of 7th Panzer Division. The Praga manufacturer’s plate gives a chassis number 769,

which according to their records is a chassis produced in June 1941. All the parts of this tank correspond to an Ausf. F variant

“valiant”, October 2007 - http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/valiant-17/view/16295/

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. F – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) – running condition

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Panzer_38%28t%29%2C_museum_in_Togliatti%2C_Russia-2.JPG

Sergueï Sorokin, April 2008

PzKpfw. 38 (t) – Technical museum, Tolyatti, Samara Oblast (Russia) The turret of this tank and some parts on the hull are reproductions, the hull seems to be a late one (Ausf. E, F or G) (Alex Pankov)

"Taranov", April 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6736

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. F – Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia)

The tracks and the drive sprockets are not original and probably come from a Russian modern vehicle, most likely a Soviet PT-76

“Darkone“, July 2007 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Munster_Panzer_38_Ausf_S_(dark1).jpg

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. S? – Munster Panzer Museum (Germany)

PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf S : a variant ordered by Sweden but seized by Germany. This tank is known as being an Ausf. S, but either it was repaired or restored with incorrect parts for the Ausführung (during the war or by the museum?), or it is not an Ausf. S. Only the serial

number on the dataplate will confirm its exact Ausführung (Alex Pankov)

Rafał Białęcki, September 2008

PzKpfw. 38 (t) Ausf. ?? – Slovak National Uprising Museum, Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) During the war, this tank served in the Slovak army under designation LT-38. After the war, it served in the Czechoslovak army under designation LT-38/37. It could be a LT-38 which was built by the BMM factory specially for the Slovak army. An exact identification of the Ausführung is impossible, this tank has parts coming from different Ausf. Some say that it is an Ausf. S, but the chassis number is

necessary to confirm the exact model. According to some sources, the chassis number is 008-??? (Alex Pankov)

http://www.militair.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4055&start=0

LT vz. 35 turret – Troms Forsvarsmuseum, Setermoen (Norway)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40870293@N04/4808086645/in/set-72157624554530686/

PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Hemnskjel Island (Norway)

http://www.bunkerpictures.nl/pictures/norway/more%20og%20romsdal/gossen/landfront/aanvang.html

First PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Inland defence line, Gossa Island, Møre og Romsdal (Norway)


Second PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Inland defence line, Gossa Island, Møre og Romsdal (Norway)


Third PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Inland defence line, Gossa Island, Møre og Romsdal (Norway)


Fourth PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Inland defence line, Gossa Island, Møre og Romsdal (Norway)

Erik Ettrup - http://www.panzerworld.net/panzerturretsnorway

PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Bergen (Norway)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/MechImp/Vikings/DSC02315.jpg

PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Herdla (Norway)

http://www.fortweb.net/photos/atlantikwallnorway/

PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Near Stavanger (Norway)

http://bunkersite.eu/locations/norway/lista/rs241-borhaug.html

PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Borhaug (Norway)

Erik Ettrup - http://www.panzerworld.net/panzerturretsnorway

PzKpfw. 38(t) turret – Kristiansand (Norway)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN1jnL14vxI&feature=fvwp&NR=1

PzKpfw 38(t) turret – Rogaland Krigshistoriske Museum (Norway)

“Patrik”, September 2009

PzKpfw 38(t) turret – Festung Königstein, near Dresden (Germany)

“Nemesis66”, February 2009 - http://sudwall.superforum.fr/languedoc-roussillon-f3/cap-cerbere-col-des-balitres-66-t63-15.htm

PzKpfw 38(t) turret – Col des Balistres, Cap Cerbère (France)

This turret is located along the Spanish border. The mantlet and main gun were stolen some years ago, and found again recently, then reinstalled at its original place

“svestenik76”, June 2006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/40452904@N08/3717549501/

PzKpfw 38(t) turret – Lianokladi, Central Greece (Greece)

http://www.fronta.cz/fotogalerie/obrneny-den-lesany-2010

OA vz. 30 armoured car (reproduction) – Military Museum on Demarcation Line

Rokycany (Czech Republic)

http://www.tancik-vz33.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/pojezdove-pasy/

Tančík vz.33 (reproduction) – Private collection (Czech Republic)

Daniel P. Minár - http://www.utocna-vozba.estranky.cz/clanky/dotazy-a-odpovedi/dotaz-cislo-11.---druha-replika-tc.-vz.-33.html

Tančík vz.33 (reproduction) – Private collection (Czech Republic)

I’m looking for photos of those tanks :

PzKpfw. 38 (t) – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)

any Czechoslowakian vehicle that I forgot….

This document is a synthesis of photos and information published on the web. I would like to thank the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me, and also those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of

the AFV News Discussion Board). For any question, you can email me at [email protected]

Main page : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html

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