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Leichttraktor Vs.Kfz.31 (Versuchs Kampffahrzeug 31) | |
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Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | Weimar Republic |
Service history | |
In service | 1930–1945 |
Used by | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II (Training only) |
Production history | |
Designed | 1929–1933 |
Manufacturer | Krupp, Rheinmetall |
Produced | 1930 |
No. built | 4 |
Specifications | |
Mass | Krupp: 8.7 tonnes (9.6 short tons; 8.6 long tons) Rheinmetall: 8.96 tonnes (9.88 short tons; 8.82 long tons) (Rheinmetall) |
Length | Krupp: 4.35 m (14 ft 3 in) Rheinmetall: 4.21 m (13 ft 10 in) |
Width | Krupp: 2.37 m (7 ft 9 in) Rheinmetall: 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Height | Krupp: 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in) Rheinmetall:2.27 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Crew | 4 (commander, driver, radio operator, and loader) |
Armor | top frontal 14 mm, bottom frontal 19 mm, sides 8 + 6 mm, back 14 mm, bottom 5 mm, bonnet 6 mm, front slanting wall of turret 5 mm, turret sides 14 mm, turret rear 14 mm, turret top 5 mm, cupola 14 mm. Turret appears to be 14 mm all around. (Krupp) [1] |
Main armament | 3.7 cm KwK L/45 |
Secondary armament | 7.92×57mm Mauser Dreyse machine gun, cloth belt drum magazine (100 rounds) supply. |
Engine | Daimler-Benz M36 six-cylinder liquid-cooled gasoline engine. 100 hp (75 kW) |
Suspension | Krupp: Coil spring (Krupp) Rheinmetall: Leaf spring |
Operational range | 137 km (85 mi) on-road |
Maximum speed | 30 km/h (19 mph) |
The Leichttraktor (Vs.Kfz.31) was a German experimental tank designed during the Interwar Period.