The Leichter Kampfwagen (English: light combat vehicle) 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 Leichter Kampfwagen II ("light combat vehicle"), commonly known as the LK II, was a light tank designed and produced in limited numbers in Germany in the last year of World War I.

Jul 31, 2019 · Detailing the technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Leichter Kampfwagen I (LK I) Prototype Light Tank including pictures.

The Leichter Kampfwagen (English: light combat car) or "LK I" was a German light tank prototype of the First World War. 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.

The German Empire's primary tank design of World War 1 became the cumbersome A7V system which weighed 36 tons (short) and featured a crew of eighteen. Armament was through a single 57mm main gun backed by no fewer than six machine guns about the various facings of …

Leichter Kampfwagen I (LK I) HistoryThe Germans were undone by the Allies' use of the heavy tank in the latter years of World War 1 (1914-1918). This threat was countered primarily with the forgettable Sturmpanzerwagen A7V Heavy Tank of the Germans but …

Feb 17, 2019 · The LK I was a German light tank that was designed to be simple and easy to produce. Its designer was Joseph Vollmer. Vollmer also had a hand in the creation of the A7V Sturmpanzer-Kraftwagen.

The Leichter Kampfwagen (English: light combat vehicle) 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 …

Jul 2, 2017 · German LK-1 tank. Lt Col. Robert J. Icks, Tanks and Armoured Vehicles. Phillip Andrews Pub. 1945. This was Germany's first light tank, designed in 1918 as an alternate to the monsters being constructed during WW1. It was based in a Daimler car chassis, with front engine and the driving compartment and turret behind.

The cavalry tank LK I, devised in mid-1918 by Joseph Vollmer, was based on a Daimler car chassis and never left the prototype stage. It was followed by a more powerful LK II, equipped with a turret housing a 37 mm (1.46 in) Krupp or 57 mm (2.24 in) Maxim-Nordenfelt QF gun, with or without a coaxial MG08 machine-gun.