Hello everyone,
if you are interested in tank history on a bit deeper level, you might have noticed that every nation had its share of really weird tank projects – things that, although probably started in good faith or with a reasonable idea in mind, turned out to be quite different from what their creators intended. Czechoslovakia was no different and in this case, the “honors” belong to the company called Tatra.
Pre-war Czechoslovak military industry was basically dominated by two competing companies: Škoda and ČKD (Praga). Tatra was always the “odd man out”. Famous for its trucks, its military division created armored cars mostly and only twice did Tatra venture into the tank territory. The first attempt to create a sort-of heavy tank (Tatra T-III – more like a breakthrough tank than heavy, weight-wise it was pretty much a medium) ended in a complete disaster and even the procurement staff, usually ignoring all sorts of flaws in vehicles, complained that this is too much.
Another attempt however was a more interesting (in a wacky way).
