Author: thodt (EU)
Player Thodt was kind enough to send me better quality photos of the Lešany event. Warning, this post is very picture heavy.
LT-35
LT-38
AH-IV tankette
Jagdpanzer 38t “Hetzer”
M8 Greyhound
Merkava
WG tent, Challenger (the red-cap boy’s not me, for the record), Karlie in the background
LT-35 up close
SU-100
Merkava jur drunk, go home
Was Merkava some sort of import for the army or just a museum piece?
Museum piece, it’s a gift from Israel
I think that merkava was gift to czech rep. from israeli for military support.
So, you’re not the one with the red cap.
That means you’re the one with the checkered shorts on the left?
Nope :) This photo was taken sometime before noon, I arrived at the stand after that.
yeah, shuuuure ;)
Awesome! I’d love more posts like this, but the thing that gets me the most is how dirty and full of mud the suspension of the LT-35 is XD the rest of the tank is spotless, but the suspension and tracks seem to have picked up half the ground :P
Yeah, that`s what I thought too. Seems Tod Stück dort linke a magnet…
And I complained ab out washing the SPz Ulan… Lol.
Oh, damn you autocorrect. I meant “seems to suck dirt like a magnet”
Ah the Ulan wasnt that bad, try to get out dirt from under the track guards of a Leo2 after two days, it gets hard as concrete. We had to actually hammer it off with sledgehammers and crowbars ..
Yeah, you can see the mud buildup get progressively worse in the pictures. I guess it doesn’t affect the tank much?
on 1st photo its siemka on the banner, right? not siemens:D?
N1 ^^
in first moment i tought the LT-35 is a model toy tank …
Nice red cap Frank.
At first I was like:
” Oh look at dem tiny teknz”
And then I was like:
” That’s what she said”
LT-35, always my favourite little tank.
off-topic:
SS, regarding the VK3001H > VK3002M switch, do you happen to know whether you get a free garage slot even if you have empty ones?
Yep you will
Nádhera škoda že je to z moravy tak daleko:(
Tak podle toho co já vím, příští akce bude na Moravě (Dny NATO?)
Jojo na dny NATO jedu:) Ale tak víš jak já rád spíše starší kousky:)
Does LT-35 painted with original colors camo? Green looks to bright for me somehow. Anyway, great fotos SS ;)
Yes. The earlier Aberdeen camo (you can see it here: http://www.wwiivehicles.com/czechoslovakia/tanks_medium/lt-vz-35/lt-vz-35-medium-tank-01.png ) was wrong, it was too bright. The LT-38 on the pictures has correct camo of this pattern. The new LT-35 pattern was another pattern used IIRC.
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Damn! Tanks looks like new!
Great looking little tank.
Bit disappointed that they couldn’t have fitted a repro and fake MG to fill the MG cradles to make it appear a bit more ‘in service’.
The image of the engine bay door open shows both what looks like rivets and also some slot headed bolts. – Any idea why they mixed the two types of fastener during/post construction?
I’m no expert but wouldn’t rivets be more time (and cash) consuming? The tank isn’t remade for combat, so whatever gets it back and running works, even if its a touch anachronistic.