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The Leichter Kampfwagen (English: light combat car) or "LK I" was a German light tank prototype of the First World War. Designed to be a cheap light tank as opposed to the expensive heavies coming into service at the time, the tank only reached the prototype stage before the end of the war.

Leichter Kampfwagen LKI
Type	Light tank
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
Used by	German Empire
Specifications
Mass	6.9 t
Length	5.1 m
Width	1.9 m
Height	2.5 m
Crew	3
Armor	8–14 mm
Main armament	1 × 7.92 mm MG 08 machine gun
Engine	Daimler-Benz 4-cylinder 60 hp (44.7 kW)
Suspension	unsprung
Operational range	70 km
Maximum speed	14–18 km/h

History

The LK I was designed by Joseph Vollmer. It was based on a Daimler car chassis, using the existing axles to mount sprocket and idler wheels. Its design followed automobile practice, with a front-mounted engine and a driving compartment behind it. It was the first German armored fighting vehicle to be equipped with a turret, armed with a 7.92 mm MG08 machine gun.

Only two prototypes were produced in mid 1918, but no vehicles were ordered.[1] Designed as an experimental cavalry tank, it to paved the way to the LK II.[2]

Notes

External links

• Achtung Panzer! First Panzers 1917-1918

На других языках

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[de] LK I

LK I (Leichter Kampfwagen I) war ein leichter Deutscher Panzer aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg.

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- [en] LK I

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[ru] LK I

Lk l (полное название Leichter Kampfwagen, Ляйхтер Кампфваген, в переводе с нем. — «лёгкая боевая машина») немецкий танк времён Первой мировой войны, разработанный Йозефом Фолльмером.

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