LT vz. 35

The LT vz 35 is a Light Tank produced in the Czechoslovak Planetary Republic by ČKD (Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk) and Škoda. It became popular after the German Planetary Government acquired the tank under the designation of Pz.Kpfw. 35(t).

## LT vz. 35

### Role

Light Tank, Reserve Tank, Fast Response Tank

## Users

### Active Users

German Planetary Government, Romanian Planetary Kingdom, Czechoslovak Planetary Republic, Planetary Republic of Bulgaria, and the Slovak Planetary Republic

## HISTORY

The LT vz 35 was developed in late 1834 after a commission made by the Czechoslovakian Army to produce a Light Tank. Both companies showed their prototypes and then the Army created a design based on these two. Then, the production was split between Škoda and ČKD.

In August 1836, the Planetary Kingdom of Romania placed an order for 1260 tanks, which were made and then delivered by Škoda in 1838. Then, In March 1839, the German Government, interested in this tank, bought 2440 units for its army to use in its Light Tank reserves. Apart from that, 100 units of the tank were intended to be sold to Afghanistan, but the negotiations were turned down and the units were sold to the Bulgarian Planetary Republic instead.

## CHARACTERISTICS

The LT vz 35 has riveted armor with a thickness of 25 millimeters in the front, 16 millimeters on the sides, and 19 millimeters on the back.

The main gun is a 37mm ÚV vz 34 anti-tank cannon. The Germans would normally carry 72 shots while the Czechoslovakians carried 78.

The engine was an 8.62-liter Škoda T-11/0 four-cylinder, water-cooled engine that produced 120 horsepower (89 kW) at 1800 rpm. It has a maximum velocity of 34 km/h and a range of up to 120 kilometers.

## USE

The Germans use the LT vz 35 under the name Pz 35t. It was placed in their Light Tank Reserves and would be later used as a Fast Response Tank. The Romanians would use the tank (under the name Škoda R-2) in their Light Tank units too. They would also use the R-2 as a base for their Tank Destroyer, the TACAM R-2.

During the Second Planetary War, the Romanian Planetary Kingdom, forced by the Romanian National-Socialist Movement (the Romanian branch of the NSIM), supplied part of their R-2s into their "voluntary forces" during the war. On the other way, the Nazis were not that interested in the tank, but rumors say that it was used by the SS, although there is no evidence to confirm that.

During the Battle of France, exiled Germans from the German Planetary Government would fight alongside the French using Pz 35t's as members of *La Résistance* and the German Exiled Resistance

After The Organization helped the Romanian Kingdom to eliminate the RNSM, it would help alongside the Bulgarian Republic in the Battle of Berlin. Some of the R-2s were recovered by the Romanians in the assaults while the Bulgarians deployed their LTs into the battle.

## GALLERY

A Romanian Skoda R-2 in Berlin, German Planetary Government, 2045.Bulgarian LT vz. 35A Pz 35(t) from the German Resistance in France, 2044.
## SEE ALSO

#### CZECHOSLOVAK PLANETARY REPUBLIC

Czechoslovakian Tanks

Czechoslovakian Vehicles

#### GERMAN PLANETARY REPUBLIC

German Government Tanks

German Government Vehicles

#### PLANETARY REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Bulgarian Tanks

Bulgarian Vehicles

#### ROMANIAN PLANETARY KINGDOM

Romanian Kingdom Tanks

Romanian Kingdom Vehicles