Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.A | |
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| Pays | Germany |
| Type | Car |
Photo Gallery on a Panzer I Ausf.A, Le Panzer I is a German light tank, designed in the 1930s and used during the Spanish War and the beginning of World War II. It was the first panzer realized when Germany, following the Treaty of Versailles, had forbidden to study or build armoured vehicles, so that the first designation applied to it to blur the tracks, was well innocuous, Landwirtschaftlicher Schlepper, or agricultural tractor, but later it received a more official one Panzerkampfwagen I (armoured combat vehicle I). It is also known as Sonderkraftfahrzeug 101 (short for SdKfz 101) literally special motor vehicle.
Source: Panzerkampfwagen I on Wikipedia
| Panzer I Ausf.A | |
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| Photographer | Unknow |
| Localisation | Unknow |
| Photos | 157 |
| PzKpfw IA Walk Around | |
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| Photographer | Vladimir Yakubov |
| Localisation | Littlefield Collection acques |
| 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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