Marder I
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sd. Kfz. 135, SDKFZ135, 7.5cm PaK40/1 auf Geschutzwagen Lorraine Schlepper (f)
tank destroyer
Key facts
- Type
- Tank destroyer
- Place of origin
- German
- In service
- 1942–1944
- Used by
- Wehrmacht
- Wars
- World War II
- Mass
- 8,200 kg (18,100 lb)
- Length
- 5.38 m (17 ft 8 in)
- Width
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Height
- 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
- Crew
- 4 to 5
- Armor
- 5–12 mm
- Main armament
- 7.5 cm Pak 40
- Engine
- Delahaye 103TT, 70 PS (69 hp; 51 kW)
- Power weight
- 8.4 hp (6.3 kW) / tonne
- Operational range
- 135–150 km (84–93 mi) road
- Maximum speed of vehicle or missile span
- 34–38 km/h (21–24 mph) road 15–20 km/h (9.3–12.4 mph) off-road
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Encyclopedic overview
The Marder I "Marten" (Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm Pak-40 anti-tank gun. Most Marder Is were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L (Lorraine), a French artillery tractor/armored personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than 300 units after the Fall of France in 1940.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marder I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.