LT vz. 38 or Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) was originally a Czechoslovakian and later German light tank of World War II. The first prototypes of the car were created in 1938, and serial production continued in the period 1938-1942, ending with the release of about 1,400 cars. The tank was equipped with one Prague EPA engine with a capacity of 125 hp. It was armed with one 37.2 mm KwK 38 (t) L / 47 cannon and two 7.92 mm MG 37 (t) machine guns. The CKD plant in Czechoslovakia produced the LT vz.35 tank of 1935, which was sold to the domestic army, but which, as it turned out in the process of operation, had a number of shortcomings that did not allow to achieve success on foreign ones. markets Hence the initiative of the CKD company, which decided to develop the LT vz. 38. The new car proved to be a far better design than its predecessor, leading to orders from Peru, Iran, Switzerland and the Czechoslovak Army. LT vz. 38 after Czechoslovakia was taken over by the Third Reich, it was adopted by the Wehrmacht as the Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) and production continued. The tank took part in the September campaign of 1939, in the French campaign of 1940 and in the initial period of the war with the USSR. However, from the second half of 1941, it was decommissioned due to too weak booking and low tendency to modernization. The Hetzer tank destroyer was created on the basis of the Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t) chassis.
