LT vz. 34

LT vz. 34
Type	Light tank
Place of origin	Czechoslovakia
Service history
In service	1934—1944
Used by	Czechoslovakia Slovak Republic Kingdom of Hungary
Wars	Slovak National Uprising
Production history
Designer	ČKD
Designed	1932—1934
Manufacturer	ČKD
Produced	1934—1935
No. built	50 + 1 prototype
Specifications
Mass	7.5 t (7.4 long tons; 8.3 short tons)
Length	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Width	2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Height	2.22 m (7 ft 3 in)
Crew	3
Armor	8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in)
Main armament	37 mm (1.5 in) ÚV vz. 34 gun
Secondary armament	2 x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) ZB vz. 35 machine guns
Engine	4-cylinder, water-cooled Praga 62.5 hp (46.6 kW)
Transmission	4 x 1
Suspension	leaf spring
Fuel capacity	129 L (34 US gal)
Operational range	160 km (99 mi)
Maximum speed	30 km/h (19 mph)

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. Dissatisfied with the prototypes of the Tančík vz. 33 tankette, the Czech Army decided that it would be easier to design a light tank from scratch rather than modify a tankette's chassis to carry a fully rotating armored turret. 50 were built, the last of which was delivered during 1936, of which the Germans captured 22 - including the prototype, when they occupied Bohemia-Moravia in March 1939, but they promptly scrapped them. The Slovaks seized the remaining 27 when they declared independence from Czechoslovakia at the same time. In Slovak service it only saw combat during the Slovak National Uprising.