Pz.Kpfw Panzer 38(t) Walk Around
(Soft Cover)
Product Code: SS5713

Overview

by Hans-Heiri Stapfer.

The Panzerkampfwagen 38 (tschechisch) - Armored Combat Vehicle 38
(Czech) was one of the most important tanks in the Wehrmacht
arsenal in the first half of WWII. Originally produced near
Prague as a light tank LT vz. 38 - Lehk Tank vzor 38, the vehicle
along with its manufacturing plant were appropriated by the
Germans after their occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939.
Rechristened as the German name Pz.Kpfw.38(t), the vehicle saw
action in the Polish and French campaigns and took part in the
invasion of the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941. The
relentless flow of redoubtable Soviet T-34 tanks soon made the
Panzer 38(t) obsolete, however, forcing its withdrawal from
front-line duties on the Ostfront in early 1942. The vehicle
continued to serve in anti-partisan operations, and there were
still 229 Panzer 38(t)s in active service with the German Army in
September 1944. A few even confronted the Western Allies during
their advance into the Third Reich late in the war. Illustrated
with over 300 photographs, color art, and profiles; 80 pages.