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	PANZERKAMPFWAGEN I AUSF A (Sd Kfz 101)	1934
	LIGHT TANK

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PANZERKAMPFWAGEN I AUSF A
(Sd Kfz 101)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :	LIGHT TANK
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :	GERMANY
MANUFACTURER :	HENSCHEL, MAN, KRUPP-GRUSON, DAIMLER-BENZ
FIRST PROTOTYPE :	---
SERVICE DELIVERY :	SEPTEMBER 1934
NUMBER BUILT :	818 (From July 1934 to June 1936)

SPECIFICATION
WIDTH :	2.06 m
LENGTH :	4.02 m
HEIGHT :	1.72 m
TRACK WIDTH :	--
BATTLE WEIGHT :	5.4 tons
ARMOUR :	Turret - (Front) 13mm/10 deg; (Side) 13mm/22 deg;
	(Rear) 13mm/22 deg; (Top/Bottom) 8mm/82 deg - 90 deg
	Superstructure - (Front) 13mm/22 deg; (Side) 13mm/22 deg;
	(Rear) 13mm/17 deg; (Top/Bottom) (6mm/82 deg - 90 deg)
	Hull - (Front) 13mm/27 deg; (Side) 13mm/0 deg;
	(Rear) 13mm/15 deg; (Top/Bottom) 6mm/90 deg;
	Gun Mantlet - 13mm/Round
POWER PLANT :	Krupp M305 four-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine, Output
GEARBOX :	5 Forward, 1 Reverse
SUSPENSION TYPE :	Quarter-elliptical leaf spring suspension
ARMAMENT :	Main - 2 x 7.92 mm MG13 machine guns
	Secondary - None
TRAVERSE :	360 deg (Hand)
ELEVATION :	-12deg , +18deg
AMMUNITION :	2,250 Pattr SmK Rounds of 7.92 mm
CREW :	2 - Commander & Driver

PERFORMANCE
SPEED ON-ROAD :	31 mph (50 km/h)
SPEED OFF-ROAD :	23 mph (37 km/h)
FORDING DEPTH :	---
VERTICAL OBSTACLE :	---
TRENCH CROSSING :	---
OPERATIONAL RANGE :	145 km/h

	REFERENCES
	Doyle, David. German Military Vehicles. Wisconsin: Krause Publications. 2005. ISBN 978-0-87349-783-1, ISBN 0-87349-783 Chamberlain, Peter; Doyle, Hilary. Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two. London: Orion Publishing Group Ltd. 1978, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003. ISBN 1-85409-518-8

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