LT Vz. 35/PzKpfw 35 (t) (TL 6)
    Copyright (C) 1996 by James Lowry (jlowry@tfb.com).

        In 1936 the Czeckoslovakian military tested the S-II at the request of
    Skoda to show its worth for export.  Unfortunately, the tank proved too
    complex to maintain, and the prototypes suffered serious mechanical
    breakdowns in short order.  However, as the international situation headed
    for war, the Ministry of National Defence became interested in starting the
    large scale production of tanks, and enjoined Skoda and CKD to work
    together in producing an improved vesion of the S-II, now called by the
    military the LT Vz. 35.  Unfortunately, both companies utilized their own
    changes to the design, and there were constant delays as they tried to
    institute each other's changes.  The problems were more-or-less worked out,
    and trials in 1937 showed it to be a reasonably reliable tank, even though
    servicing was usually impossible in the field, and the government placed
    orders for 263 tanks.
        In March 1939, Nazi Germany bloodlessly occupied Czechoslovakia and
    asorbed the tanks into the Wehrmacht, which redesignated them
    Panzerkampfwagen 35(t) ('t' stands for the German word for "Czech").
    Production was continued and the Panzer 35(t) took part in the Polish and
    French campaigns.  It was used in the invasion of Russia by the Italians,
    Romanians and Hungarians as well as its normal place in the German army.
    Due to its compressed-air systems, it suffered more than any other tank in
    the Russian winter of 1941-42.  During 1942 it was finally outmoded by the
    bigger and heavier new tanks and was slowly taken out of front-line
    service.
        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 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_,
    _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 Panzer 35 (t) (v. 0.2) is a TL6 vehicle [Mar. 96 errata sheet].

    Structure: 260 cf extra-heavy cheap body (HT 750), max load 23,400 lbs.
        Tracked motive system with two tracks (DR 3, HT 375).  Sealed body.
    Turret: 35 cf standard full-traverse turrret (HT 75).
    Propulsion: 86 KW tracked drivetrain.
    Power: 90 KW gasoline engine (DR 5, HT 40), uses 2.7 gallons/hour. 41
        gallon self sealing gas tanks (DR 5, HT 20, fire 10), endurance 15.19
        hours.
    Accomodations: 4 cramped internal seats, 2 of which are shared with the
        turret.
    Vision: Slits.
    Crew: 4; driver, hull machine gun gunner, gunner, commander/loader.
    Accessories: Enviromental control.
    Turret Accessories: Tactical radio (+0 intercept, 15 mi.).
    Weaponry: 37mm gun (DR 5, HT 25) and co-axial .30 cal machine gun (DR 5, HT
        12) in turret.  .30 cal machine gun (DR 5, HT 12) in a forward casemate
        mount.  90 rounds 37mm AP and HE ammunition, and 2,500 rounds of
        machine gun ammunition.
    Cargo: 40 cf cargo space, 21.75 cf access space, 10 cf waste space + 4 cf
        waste space in the turret.
    Armor: 360 points expensive armor.  F6/84, R6/60, L6/60, B6/60, T6/60,
        U5/36.
    Turret Armor: 276 points expensive armor.  F6/84, R5/48, L5/48, B5/48,
        T4/48.
    Statistics: Cost $54,620 (adjusted $3,641), design mass 22,148.5 lbs., max
        payload 1,251.5 lbs., max cargo load 1,251.5 lbs., current payload 800
        lbs., loaded mass 22,948.5 lbs. (10.47 tons), Size Modifier +3 (+1),
        Radar Signature +3, IR Signature +4, Acoustic Signature +5.
    Ground Performance: Ground speed factor 12, top speed 21 mph, acceleration
        2.5 mph/s, deceleration 20 mph/s, MR .25, SR 7, gets 7.78 miles/gallon.