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#1: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, England

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:09 am
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Just come across this today, it was interesting news for me:

www.arsenalen.se/en/pragresa.aspx

#2: Re: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:09 pm
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The dedicated book on Czech tankettes, published by MBI, is a must-read (we mentioned already MBI books in the LTL-H thread).

Massimo

#3: Re: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: Massimo_Foti, Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:41 pm
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The book covers, among other things, the AH-IV tankettes that went to Ethiopia after WW II:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH-IV

I always wondered if any of this survived, even if just as wreck.
The authors say that:

- CKD was selected because a swedish officer serving as a consultant already know CKD from before WW II

- The Ethiopian Army has no need for heavier models, not only because of the poor road network, the tanks were mostly used for internal purposes and to help collecting taxes Laughing

Massimo

#4: Re: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: Landsverk,

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:48 pm
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You can follow the restoration of the tankette here:

arsenalen.se/en/renov37mhi.aspx

#5: Re: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: armyjunk2,

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:11 pm
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Nice book on Czech tanks and vehicles from Schiffer.

#6: Re: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: TrevorLarkum, Location: Northampton, England

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:34 pm
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- Landsverk

You can follow the restoration of the tankette here:

arsenalen.se/en/renov37mhi.aspx

Landsverk

to the forum, and thanks for the link!

#7: Re: Czech/Swedish Tankette Author: JWB2,

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:12 am
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WOW! The attention to detail is so good the vehicle may come out better than new.

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