Tatra T18

Tatra T18 General Type: Armoured Train Owner: Czechoslovakia, Poland Year: 1925 Specifications Length: 3.6 m Width: 1.7 m Height: 2.1 m Weight: 5.2 t Armour: 8mm Speed: 50 km/h Armament Primary Weapon: 7.92 mm . . . .

History

The Tatra T18 was a Czech armoured draisine built in 1925 for the Polish army. Based on the T14 cargo draisine, it was fitted with an armoured body and a turret equipped with two 7.92mm machine guns. The Polish were unhappy with the design owing to it's weak engine and slow acceleration, changing the engine would however require a complete redesign of the chassis. Nevertheless a further nine unarmoured chassis where ordered in April 1927 with the intention of building the armoured bodies in Poland, but it is unknown if this was accomplished. During the annexation of Czechoslovakia and Poland the Germans captured several T18s, they were then incorporated into the Wehrmacht and used until they were worn out.

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Ground Vehicles
Construction/Supply:	Praga T-9, Skoda 104/II, Praga RV, Praga V3S
Transport:	HKL-6 Hakl, OT-810
Armoured Car:	OA Vz.30, OA-82 Jarmila II
Light Tank:	MU-4, LT Vz.35, LT Vz.38, TNH 57/900, T-16, T-17
Medium Tank:	ST Vz.39, T-21, T-23, T-24, T-25, T-40/75N, T-42/75N, TVP Vz.46, T-40, T-50, T-50/51, T-34/100
Heavy Tank:	Skoda S-III, Tatra T-III, T-41/75N
Anti-Aircraft:	PÚV-6, T-44/37N "Möbelwagen", LP-257, PLDvK Vz.53/59 "Ještěrka"
Tank Destroyer:	Š-i-D, Š-i-j, VOSS I, ST-I "Hetzer", ST-II "Marder", ShPTK-LP/76, ShPTK-TVP/100, ShKH-TVP/152, SD-75/40, SD-100
Artillery:	MU-4/I, VOSS II, LeFH 43 T-25, TShH-47/152, TShH-47/305
Amphibious:	CKD F-IV-H, Letak, Tatra 807
Armoured Train:	Tatra T18
Aircraft
Fighter:	Avia B.534, Avia B-35, Avia B-135, Letov L-501, Avia S-99, Avia S-92 Turbina, Letov L-52, Letov S-102
Ground Attack:	Praga E.51, Skoda-Kauba SK.257, Aero L-29 Delfin
Bomber:	Avia B-71, Avia B-158, Avia B-228
Transport:	Siebel Si 204, Letov L-290 Orel
Other:	Skoda-Kauba V1
Naval
Transport:	Barge
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