SS12052
Pz.Kpfw.38(t) Variations In Action
By Charles K. Kliment

The tank that has gone down in history as the Pz.Kpfw.38(t) was
originally christened the LT vz. 38 or 'Light Tank model 38' by
its Czechoslovak manufacturers before World War II. Intended for
the Czechoslovak armed forces, its early models were also
supplied to Sweden, Iran, Peru, and Switzerland, and saw action
during the 1941 conflict between Peru and Ecuador. But like the
Czech lands themselves, the tank and its industrial producers
were seized by Nazi Germany when Hitler's forces took over the
Central European country on the eve of World War II. Pressed into
German service, the Pz.Kpfw.38(t), as the vehicle was renamed,
became one of the most widely used Czechoslovak fighting
vehicles. The Pz.Kpfw.38(t) saw extensive action during Germany’s
invasions of Poland in 1939 and France in 1940. The tank
accounted for a significant part of the armored units that poured
across the Soviet frontier on 22 June 1941. The excellent
chassis was later used as a basis for tank hunters,
self-propelled artillery, and antiaircraft vehicles, and in the
last year of the war for a Jagdpanzer 38 'Hetzer.'

Illustrated with more than 186 photographs, detailed line
drawings and color profiles; 80 pages.
ISBN 978-0-89747-726-0 Paperback