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Also known as TK-3
The TK (TK-3) and TKS were Polish tankettes developed during the 1930s and used in the Second World War.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- TK-3 / TKS
- Weapon.image
- TKS P1010141 2.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- TKS tankette
- Weapon.origin
- Poland
- Weapon.type
- Tankette
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Fabryka Samochodów PZInż.
- Weapon.production_date
- 1931–1939
- Weapon.number
- 575
- Weapon.crew
- 2 (commander, driver)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 7.92 mm Ckm wz.25 Hotchkiss machine gun 2000 rounds
- Weapon.engine
- Ford A / Polski FIAT-122 petrol engine
- Weapon.fuel_capacity
- 70+8 l
- Weapon.suspension
- Bogie suspension
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- (roads), (cross-country)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- tankette
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Mass
- 2.6
- Manufacturer
- Państwowe Zakłady Inżynierii
- Conflict
- 1939 Invasion of Poland
- Image
- TKS P1010141 2.jpg
- Height
- 1.32
- Width
- 1.78
- Length
- 2.58
- Speed
- 40
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- TKS
- service entry
- 1931-01-01
- total produced
- 575
- Commons gallery
- TKS
- different from
- TKS
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Design and development
- Combat history
- Variants
- List of registration numbers
- Users
- Surviving TK-series tankettes
- Gallery
- Comparable vehicles
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The TK (TK-3) and TKS were Polish tankettes developed during the 1930s and used in the Second World War.
==Design and development== The TK (also known as the TK-3) tankette was a Polish design produced from 1931 based on the chassis of the British Carden Loyd tankette, with an improved hull and more powerful engine, and armour up to thick ( on the TKS). In 1939, up-arming of the tankettes with nkm wz. 38 FK autocannons began, but only 24 of these were completed before the outbreak of World War II.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TKS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.