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Škoda MU-4 / Škoda Š-I

Type	Tankette
Place of origin	Czechoslovakia
Production history
Designer	Škoda
Designed	1933
Produced	1933
No. built	1
Specifications
Length	2.98 m
Width	1.85 m
Height	1.3 m
Crew	3

Main armament	2 × ZB vz. 26 (7.92mm) light machine guns
Engine	Skoda, petrol, 4-cylinder, with a working volume of 2660 cc
Maximum speed	25 mph (41 km/h) (road)

The Škoda MU-4 Tankette was a Czechoslovakian tankette design of 1933. It was designed as a successor to the Škoda MU-2 tank.

History

In 1932, the company Škoda tried to develop a new tank after the unsatisfactory Škoda MU-2. The result was the MU-4, made from a modified Carden-Loyd Mk. VI tankette chassis, which was entered into a competition for tankettes in the Czechoslovak Army, where it lost to the Tančík vz. 33. It was then entered into a competition for the Yugoslav Army, where it lost to both the Polish TK-3 (also developed from the Carden-Loyd) and the ČKD PI. The Škoda MU-4 was then offered to Afghanistan, Hungary, and Sweden, but was rejected by all of them. In the end, only a single prototype was made, which survived World War II. The prototype was acquired by the Military History Institute Prague in 1972 and was restored to running condition. The prototype is now in the Military Museum Lešany where it is occasionally shown in exhibits.

Bibliography

Kliment, Charles K.; Francev, Vladimír (1997). Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles 1918-1948. Atlgen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0141-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

v t e Tanks of the interwar period
Tankettes	AH-IV Carden Loyd L3/33 L3/35 R-1 T-27 T-32 (Š-I-D) Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke
Light	7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light tank Mk VI Light tank Mk VII LT vz. 34 LT vz. 35 LT vz. 38 M1 combat car M2 light tank Panzer I Panzer II R35 T-18 T-26 T-37 T-38 Type 95 Ha-Go Vickers 6-ton Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank Vickers T-15
Medium	Char D2 T-24 T-28 Type 89 I-Go Type 97 Chi-Ha Vickers medium Mk I Vickers medium Mk II
Cavalry, cruiser, fast	AMC 34 AMC 35 AMR 33 AMR 35 BT tank Cruiser Mk I Cruiser Mk II Cruiser Mk III SOMUA S35
Infantry	FCM 36 Hotchkiss H35 Matilda I T-26
Heavy, super-heavy	Char 2C Char B1 T-35
Prototypes, experimentals	10TP FCM F1 Grosstraktor Kolohousenka Landsverk L-120 Leichttraktor Medium Mark III Medium Mark D Medium tank A7 Morris-Martel Neubaufahrzeug PZInż 130 Škoda MU-4 SMK Straussler V-4 Stridsvagn m/31 ST vz. 39 T1 light tank T2 medium T7 combat car T-19 T-42 T-100 Type 87 Chi-I Type 91 heavy Type 95 heavy Type 97 Chi-Ni Type 98 Chi-Ho Verdeja Vickers A1E1 Independent
Interwar period tanks List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles Background: History of the tank, Tank classification, interwar period

Weapons and military equipment designed in Czechoslovakia 1919–1945

Firearms

Pistols	Pistole vz. 22 Pistole vz. 24 ČZ vz. 27 ČZ vz. 38
Service rifles	vz. 98/22 vz. 24 vz. 33 ZH-29
Submachine guns	ZK-383 KP vz. 38
Machine guns	LK vz. 26 LK vz. 30 TK vz. 24 TK vz. 35, TK vz. 37 ZB-50 ZB-60

Artillery

Mortars	8 cm minomet vz. 36
Tank and anti-tank guns	3,7cm KPÚV vz. 34 4cm kanón vz. 36 3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37 3,7cm ÚV vz. 38 4,7cm KPÚV vz. 38
Field artillery and mountain guns	Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 Skoda 75 mm Model 1936 Skoda 75 mm Model 1939 8 cm kanon vz. 28 8 cm kanon vz. 30 Skoda 100 mm Model 14/19 Skoda 100 mm Model 16/19 10 cm houfnice vz. 28 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 Skoda 105 mm Model 1939
Heavy artillery	10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 Skoda K-series Skoda Model 1928 gun 21 cm Mörser M. 16/18 21 cm Kanone 39 210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17) Skoda 220 mm howitzer 24 cm Haubitze 39 305 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-18)
Anti-aircraft guns	2 cm VKPL vz. 36 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37 8 cm kanon PL vz. 37 8.35 cm kanon PL vz. 22 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20
Naval artillery	14 cm/56

Armored
fighting
vehicles

Tanks	Kolohousenka LT vz. 34 LT vz. 35 LT vz. 38 ST vz. 39 Škoda T-21
Armored cars and tankettes	OA vz. 23 OA vz. 27 OA vz. 30 Tančík vz. 33 Škoda MU-4 Škoda Fiat Torino AH-IV T-32 (Š-I-D)
Prototypes	F-IV-HE Škoda Š-I-j Škoda T-24

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