TNH/LTH/LTP/LTL/LT Vz. 38
    Copyright (C) 1996 by James Lowry (jlowry@tfb.com).

        The TNH was a tank built for export in several variations by the CKD
    plant in Czechoslovakia.  The first fifty were ordered by Iran in 1937,
    Switzerland ordered 24 of the LTH, and Peru ordered 24 of the LTP variation
    in 1938.  In 1937 the Czechoslovakian Ministry of National Defense called
    for submissions of new tank designs, offering to purchase 260 tanks
    immediately, with further contracts to follow.  CKD immediately put forth
    the TNH, and trials were held the following January.  The tank performed
    extermely well and was eargerly endorsed by its crew.
        The problem with the LT Vz. 38, as the Czechoslovak military designated
    it, was that the CKD plant was already overloaded with the prior foreign
    orders.  CKD still promised 20 tanks a month, and to start production at a
    branch factory.  Still, the tank was unavailable in September when the
    Sudetenland was surrendered, and the first nine were delivered seven days
    after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia on March 15, 1939.  60 of the
    LT Vz. 38s were given to the independent Slovak Free State, and contracts
    with Romania and Lithuania were allowed to be completed.  An order for 28
    LTLs by Latvia was never delivered.  Tanks which were based on the chassis
    of the original TNH were in use through the 1960's.
        Its main armament is a 37mm anti-tank gun (crit|*|*|no|*|*|*|1/2|1)
    with AP (cr|6d*4|12|500|1 mi.) and HE (exp|6d[2d]|10|n/a|1 mi)  and a .30
    cal machine gun (crit|cr|7d+1|20|12|1000|4700|8|100) in the same mount in
    the turret, and another on the front of the hull.  The turret is motor-
    driven or turned with a hand crank.
        I used _Leichte Panzers in Action_ by Uwe Feist and Mike Dario, _PzKpfw
    38(t)_ in Action by Charles K. Kliment and Hilary L. Doyle,
    _Panzerkampfwagen: German Combat Tanks 1933-1945_ by Chris Elliot and
    Hilary Doyle, and "The History and Development of Czechoslovak Armored
    Fighting Vehicles Part II" by Jiri T. Vojta in Vol. 3 No. 3 of _AFV-G2_ as
    references in designing this vehicle.
        The LT Vz. 38 (v. 1.0) is a TL6 vehicle [Mar. 96 errata sheet].
    
    Structure:  260 cf extra-heavy standard body (HT 750), max load 23,400 lbs.
        Tracked motive system with two tracks (DR 6, HT 375).  Sealed body.
    Turret:  35 cf standard full-traverse turret (HT 75).
    Propulsion:  89 KW tracked drivetrain.
    Power:  93 KW gasoline engine (DR 5, HT 40), uses 2.79 gallons/hour. 49
        gallon self sealing gas tanks (DR 5, HT 25, fire 10), endurance 17.56
        hours.
    Accomodations:  3 cramped internal seats, 1 of which is half in the turret.
    Vision:  Slits.
    Crew:  3; driver, radio operator/hull machine gunner, commander/gunner.
    Accessories:  Enviromental control, tactical radio (+0 intercept, 15 mi.).
    Weaponry:  .30 cal machine gun (DR 5, HT 12) in a forward casemate mount.
        37mm gun (DR 5, HT 30) and co-axial .30 cal machine gun (DR 5, HT 12)
        in the turret.  90 rounds 37mm AP and HE ammunition, and 2,700 rounds
        of machine gun ammunition.
    Cargo:  30 cf cargo space, 19.81 cf access space, 30 cf waste space + 14 cf
        waste space in the turret.
    Armor:  255 points expensive armor.  F6/75, R5/45, L5/45, B5/36, T5/24,
        U5/30.
    Turret Armor:  240 points expensive armor.  F6/75, R5/45, L5/45, B5/45,
        T4/30.
    Statistics:  Cost $68,395 (adjusted $4,560), design mass 17,671 lbs., max
        payload 5,729 lbs., max cargo load 2,700 lbs., current payload 600
        lbs., loaded mass 18,271 lbs. (9.14 tons), Size Modifier +3 (+1), Radar
        Signature +3, IR Signature +4, Acoustic Signature +5.
    Ground Performance:  Ground speed factor 12, top speed 24 mph, acceleration
        3 mph/s, deceleration 20 mph/s, MR .25, SR 7, gets 8.60 miles/gallon.