Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.A | |
|---|---|
| Pays | Germany |
| Type | Char |
Galerie photo sur un Panzer I Ausf.A, Le Panzer I est un char léger allemand, conçut dans les années 1930 et utilisé, lors de la Guerre d’Espagne et au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il fut le premier panzer réalisé alors que l’Allemagne, suite au traité de Versailles, avait interdiction d’étudier ou de construire des engins blindés, si bien que la première désignation qui lui fut appliquée pour brouiller les pistes, fut bien anodine, Landwirtschaftlicher Schlepper, ou tracteur agricole, mais par la suite il en reçut une plus officielle Panzerkampfwagen I (véhicule de combat blindé I). Il est également connu sous le nom de Sonderkraftfahrzeug 101 (abréviation SdKfz 101) littéralement véhicule spécial à moteur.
Source: Panzerkampfwagen I sur Wikipedia
| Panzer I Ausf.A | |
|---|---|
| Photographer | Unknow |
| Localisation | Unknow |
| Photos | 157 |
| PzKpfw IA Walk Around | |
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| Photographer | Vladimir Yakubov |
| Localisation | acques Littlefield Collection |
| Photos | 56 |
| Panzer I Ausf F Walk Around | |
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| Photographer | Unknow |
| Localisation | Unknow |
| Photos | 17 |
See also:
| Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.A Walk Around | |
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| Photographer | Don Allen |
| Localisation | Unknow |
| Photos | 24 |
| Sd.Kfz.265 Panzerbefehlswagen Walk Around | |
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| Photographer | Unknow |
| Localisation | Unknow |
| Photos | 21 |
General Characteristics
The Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A was the first German tank to enter mass production, originally intended purely as a training tank to introduce the concept of armored warfare and for industrial experience. It was lightly armed and armored, but formed a large part of Germany’s early tank forces, seeing combat in the Spanish Civil War and the early stages of World War II.
| Property | Typical Value |
|---|---|
| Role | Light Tank / Training Vehicle |
| Manufacturer | Krupp, Henschel, MAN, Daimler-Benz |
| Produced | 1934–1936 |
| No. Built (Ausf. A) | 818 (Total Panzer I: 1,493) |
| Crew | 2 (Commander/Gunner and Driver) |
| Mass (Weight) | 5.4 tonnes (6.0 short tons) |
| Length | 4.02 m (13 ft 2 in) |
Powerplant and Mobility
- Engine: Krupp M 305 four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled gasoline engine.
- Engine Power: Approximately 44 kW (59 hp / 60 PS) at 2,500 rpm.
- Power/Weight Ratio: Approximately 8.1 kW/tonne (11.1 PS/t).
- Transmission: ZF Aphon FG35 manual, five forward gears and one reverse.
- Maximum Speed (Road): 50 km/h (31 mph).
- Operational Range (Road): Approximately 200 km (120 mi).
- Suspension: Simple leaf quarter-elliptic springs, which contributed to pitching at high speeds (a flaw corrected in the Ausf. B).
Armament and Armor
- Main Armament: Two 7.92 mm MG 13 machine guns mounted in a small, hand-traversed turret.
- Ammunition: The machine guns were intended for anti-infantry use, as they were largely ineffective against contemporary tank armor.
- Maximum Armor Thickness: 13 mm (0.51 in) (Front, Sides, Rear, Turret).
- Minimum Armor Thickness: 6 mm to 8 mm (Top/Bottom).
- Armor Composition: Rolled steel plate, thin enough that the Panzer I was vulnerable to almost all contemporary anti-tank weapons and even heavy machine guns.
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