Toldi (tank)

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For the epic poem, see Toldi trilogy.

Hungarian Tanks

II. World War archive photograph of

Toldi

General characteristics

Length:	4.75 m
Width:	2.14 m
Height:	1.87 m
Weight:	8.5 t (I), 9.3 t(IIa)
Speed:	47 km/h (road) -(off-road)
Range:	200 km
Primary armament:	20 mm gun (Toldi I and II) 40 mm gun (Toldi IIa and III)
Secondary armament:	1 x 8 mm machine gun
Maximum armour:	20 mm (I), 35 mm (II)
Power plant:	155 hp (116 kW)
Crew:	3

The Toldi was the Hungarian light tank, based on the Swedish Landsverk L-60B tank. It was named after the 14th century Hungarian knight Miklós Toldi.

1 Production History
- 1.1 Variants
2 Combat History
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Production History

The 38M Toldi was produced and developed under license from Swedish company AB Landsverk between 1939 and 1942. Only 202 were produced.

[edit] Variants

Toldi I (k.hk. A20) - first variant armed with 20 mm gun, 80 made.
Toldi II (k.hk. B20) - variant with thicker front armour, 110 made.
Toldi IIa (k.hk. B40) - modification developed in 1942, armed with 40 mm gun - 80 tanks of earlier variant were rearmed this way.
Toldi III (k.hk. C40) - improved variant, only 12 made.

[edit] Combat History

Toldi tanks entered Hungarian service in 1940. First saw action along with Germans against Yugoslavia in 1941.

These tanks were mostly used against the USSR in 1941-1944. For their light armour and armament and good radios, they were used mostly for reconnaissance. It was no match against Soviet T-34 medium tanks.