Panzer I tanks

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German tank light tank

Panzer I tanks were early German light tanks of the 1930s, primarily used for training and as lightly armed combat vehicles in the Spanish Civil War and early World War II campaigns.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German tank → light tank →
alsoKnownAs	PzKpfw I →
armamentPrimary	2 × 7.92 mm MG13 machine guns →
armourThicknessMax	about 13 mm →
armourType	riveted steel armour →
chassisUsedFor	self-propelled gun conversions →
combatEffectiveness	obsolete as a frontline tank by 1941 →
countryOfOrigin	Germany →
crew	2 →
designedToCircumvent	Versailles Treaty restrictions →
designer	Germany →
developedFor	Reichswehr →
developedFrom	German agricultural tractor chassis cover design (dummy designation) →
engineType	gasoline engine →
introduced	early 1930s →
manufacturer	Daimler-Benz → Henschel → Krupp → MAN → Wegmann →
maxSpeedRoad	about 37 km/h →
NATOName	Panzerkampfwagen I →
notableVariant	Flammpanzer I → Panzerjäger I → Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A → Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. B → Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. C → Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. F →
originEra	interwar period →
primaryRole	training tank →
secondaryRole	light combat tank →
serviceEntry	mid-1930s →
suspension	leaf spring bogies →
usedBy	Bulgaria → China → Condor Legion → Hungary → Nationalist Spain → Romania → Slovakia → Soviet Union (captured) → Wehrmacht → Yugoslavia (captured) →
usedInConflict	Battle of France → Eastern Front (World War II) → Invasion of Poland → North African Campaign → Spanish Civil War → World War II →
withdrawnFromFrontlineService	early years of World War II →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Panzer I ("Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A") → Panzer I ("Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. B") → Panzer I ("Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. C") → Panzer I ("Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. F") → Panzer I ("Flammpanzer I") →	notableVariant
7th Panzer Division ("Panzer I") →	equipment
Condor Legion →	uses