Panzer I facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Panzerkampfwagen I |
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A Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A being displayed at the Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster in Germany
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| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin |  Nazi Germany |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1934–1945 in Nazi Germany |
| Used by | Nazi Germany, Bulgaria, Republic of China, Hungary, Spain |
| Wars | Spanish Civil War Second World War Second Sino-Japanese War |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1934 |
| Manufacturer | Henschel, MAN, Krupp, Daimler |
| Produced | 1934–1937 |
| No. built | 1493 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 5.4 tonnes (6.0 short tons) |
| Length | 4.02 m (13.2 ft) |
| Width | 2.06 m (6.8 ft) |
| Height | 1.72 m (5.6 ft) |
| Crew | 2 (commander and driver) |
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| Armor | 7–13 mm |
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Main
armament |
2 × 7.92 mm MG13 machine guns |
| Engine | Krupp M 305 four-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine 60 PS (59 hp, 44 kW) |
| Power/weight | 11.1 PS/t |
| Suspension | leaf quarter-elliptic springs |
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Operational
range |
On-road: 200 km (120 mi) Off-road: 175 km (109 mi) |
| Maximum speed | On-road: 50 km/h (31 mph) Off-road: 37 km/h (23 mph) |
The Panzer I tank was a Nazi Germany light tank that was used during many wars of the 1930s as well as during World War II. The name of the tank is short for Panzerkampfwagen I ("armored fighting vehicle mark I") (abbreviated PzKpfw I).
The tank was only intended for use as a training tank to introduce the concept of armoured warfare to the German Army. The tank was used in combat in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, in Poland, France, the Soviet Union and North Africa during the Second World War, and in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The tank had thin armor and light armament of two machine guns. It was weak in combat but was a large part of Germany's tank forces. The Panzer I was replaced by the Panzer IV, Panther, and Tiger later on.
Images for kids
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A Spanish Panzer I Ausf. A on display at the El Goloso Museum of Armored Vehicles in Spain. This particular vehicle has its original drive-sprockets and tracks replaced by those of the US M113 armored personnel carrier (APC).
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A former German Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. F on display at the Belgrade Military Museum in Belgrade, Serbia
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Pictured here on 4 September in 1939 is a German Panzer I Ausf. A on the bank of the Brda River in Poland during the Nazi invasion of the country.
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A Panzer I Ausf. A in combat during the Nazi German invasion of Norway
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A Panzer I Ausf. B on the streets of Calais, France, in May 1940, while rounding up British prisoners-of-war following the defeat of France by Nazi Germany in that same year
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A Panzer I fighting in Yugoslavia in 1941
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A German Sd.Kfz. 265 kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen armoured command vehicle somewhere in Russia, probably in 1941 or 1942
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German Panzer I Ausf A, sv:Försvarsfordonsmuseet Arsenalen (Arsenal Military Museum), Strängnäs, Sweden, 2013
See also
In Spanish: Panzer I para niños
