Forgotten Hope 2 is an award-winning World War II modification for Battlefield 2TM and is based on the original Forgotten Hope, a modification for Battlefield 1942TM, one of the most popular multiplayer games ever. Battlefield 1942TM featured land, sea and air combat in a way never before seen. It was the goal of the development team to maximize the game experience by adding both a realistic and enjoyable gameplay to FH and now to FH2.
In 1935, Czechoslovak manufacturer CKD was manufacturing the LT-35 light tank in partnership with Škoda. The tank had a number of problems and work was started on a new design with the intention to offer it to the army and sell it commercially. Work began on a mechanically simple design, with riveted armour and large roadwheels on leaf springs. Marketed abroad, this new TNH would be bought by Iran, Peru, Switzerland, Lithuania, and finally Czechoslovakia themselves. In 1939 when Germany annexed the country and occupied the factory, the Lithuanian order had yet to be delivered and the first Czechoslovak tanks were only just finished.
Recognising the strength of the design, and having a factory tooled up to produce it already, the Germans put the tank back into production, now known as the Panzer 38(t). With slight modifications to the cupola and turret, this light tank easily outclassed the Panzer I and II, and was treated as a substitute for the Panzer III medium tank. The 38(t)s performed well in Poland and France, proving themselves to be extremely reliable and easy to maintain. They would see more large scale use in Operation Barbarossa, but the design was nearing the end of its life and was out of production by the middle of 1942.
In total, 1414 Panzer 38(t) were built under German occupation. The chassis would continue in production as the basis for a number of self propelled guns, including the Marder III and Jagdpanzer 38 tank destroyers. Our Panzer 38(t) is an Ausführung B, and was made by Kraetzer.
It looks like the visible definition of an Interwar tank and it looks fantastic!!
That is one sexy looking Pz 38